Recommended by my Creative Writing Tutor, I was completely enchanted
with the story of this family making their way through difficult and
troubling times. It is beautifully observed, the forgiveness and
understanding of how things are in a family where faults are always most
apparent to the other members is masterful.
The strangeness of
one of the members of the family within the story is wonderfully
interwoven with the day to day living; so effectively that you accept it
as part of the family.
One of the most poignant things is the
outside worlds effect on this family's fortunes, their struggle and
endurance to withstand the hardships and torments and their getting on
with life. The ending is strange, wonderfully crafted, telling in
respect of the personalities within the family and above all satisfying.
I let out a huge sigh after reading the last line and there are very
few books that can make you do that.
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