The idea of perfection
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"An arch is two weaknesses which together make a strength."
. . . Leonardo da Vinci
Winner of the Orange Prize
The Idea of Perfection (1999) is about two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. Douglas Cheeseman is an awkward engineer, the sort of divorced man you'd never look at twice. Harley Savage is a big, plain, abrasive woman who's been through three husbands and doesn't want another. Both of them bring all kinds of unhappy baggage to their meeting in the little town of Karakarook, New South Wales, population 1,374.
Being in Karakarook is something of a voyage of discovery for both of them. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection, they come to understand that what looks like weakness can be the best kind of strength.
The Idea of Perfection was a surprise winner of the Orange Prize, Britain's richest literary prize, in 2001.
Read in 2017 with my bookgroup. Enjoyable story set in rural Australia.
. . . Leonardo da Vinci
Winner of the Orange Prize
The Idea of Perfection (1999) is about two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. Douglas Cheeseman is an awkward engineer, the sort of divorced man you'd never look at twice. Harley Savage is a big, plain, abrasive woman who's been through three husbands and doesn't want another. Both of them bring all kinds of unhappy baggage to their meeting in the little town of Karakarook, New South Wales, population 1,374.
Being in Karakarook is something of a voyage of discovery for both of them. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection, they come to understand that what looks like weakness can be the best kind of strength.
The Idea of Perfection was a surprise winner of the Orange Prize, Britain's richest literary prize, in 2001.
Read in 2017 with my bookgroup. Enjoyable story set in rural Australia.
Journal Entry 2 by jeniwren at Hair Cafe in Pambula, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, March 16, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (3/16/2017 UTC) at Hair Cafe in Pambula, New South Wales Australia
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I loved this book and I have not found anyone who is an avid reader of Australian authors
who has read this particular book. I am slightly diverting from the
usual journey of a Book Crossing book and am "dropping " it near my mates at the Merimbula Old School Museum who will love the subject matter of this wonderful Kate Grenville novel. Found April, 11 2017
who has read this particular book. I am slightly diverting from the
usual journey of a Book Crossing book and am "dropping " it near my mates at the Merimbula Old School Museum who will love the subject matter of this wonderful Kate Grenville novel. Found April, 11 2017