The Long Song. Andrea Levy

by Andrea Levy | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0755359429 Global Overview for this book
Registered by garibaldisghost of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on 9/15/2011
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by garibaldisghost from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Thursday, September 15, 2011
A bittersweet and beautifully written story.

Journal Entry 2 by garibaldisghost at BCUK Unconvention 2011 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Thursday, September 15, 2011

Released 12 yrs ago (9/23/2011 UTC) at BCUK Unconvention 2011 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom

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I'm taking this to release at the Unconvention.

Journal Entry 3 by kiwiinengland at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thank you very much for this wishlist book, which was in my bag of goodies I received when I arrived at the Nottingham UnConvention.

And thanks garibaldisghost for helping organising the weekend. I greatly enjoyed it!

Journal Entry 4 by kiwiinengland at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, October 7, 2011
This book is written as an old woman looks back on her life. I enjoyed the parts when the old woman was in the present time. The majority of the book, though, is written when the woman was a child/young woman and I had no empathy with any of the characters created to really care that much about them.

The plot rattled along, at times leaping 30 years at once, and I had a vague feeling that I was probably missing some important historical background.

Reading the author's end notes, about the research she undertook for the book and why she created it, helped me see what she was trying to achieve with the characters and storyline. However I don't think she entirely acheived her aim.

Still, I'm pleased I read it and will happily pass it along with a recommendation to read it, fairly confident the next reader will enjoy it.

Journal Entry 5 by kiwiinengland at The Long Stone Pub (OBCZ) in Dublin, Co. Dublin Ireland on Monday, October 10, 2011

Released 12 yrs ago (10/12/2011 UTC) at The Long Stone Pub (OBCZ) in Dublin, Co. Dublin Ireland

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Left on the shelf in the snug.

I like the fact that The Long Song is being left at The Long Stone, it has a nice ring to it.
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