A very good read!

Set in New England mainly and London partly, "On Beauty" concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.

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BC Meet-up.

Caught at the Edinburgh meet Up. Liked White Teeth, but not the Autograph Man so will be intersting to see what I make of this one.

Can't seem to get into this, but know someone else who would like it, so reserved for a secret purpose!

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And off it goes to my NSSFC partner. Happy reading!

I also liked White Teeth so await how I find this one with interest. Many thanks NSS partner.

Having read White Teeth with great enjoyment almost exactly one year ago I embarked on this one with great hopes. Thanks again to my NSS partner for this book from my wishlist.

I found that this book was much more difficult to engage with than White Teeth but was worth the effort in the end. The story bounces around both sides of the ocean with each of the families embroiled in their own family dramas and both so different in their views of life that clashing was inevitable both in the doomed affairs and in the strange relationship of Kiki and Carlene.
The inter-relationships were explored in an understandable way but somehow the manipulations of some of the characters felt a little more hollow than the previous book.

Nonetheless, I am very glad I have read this book and look forward to reading the Autograph Man (in TBR) soon.

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Glad to pass an interesting, thought provoking book on a further journey. Hope this reaches you safely despite postal strikes.

Thanks so much for this RABCK Flutterbies19! I really look forward to reading it.

I stumbled accross this yesterday, when looking on my shelf for something to read. I'd forgotten about it, and about bookcrossing. I remember that I enjoyed the book and hope that if you've found it, you'll enjoy it too. Please take a moment to let us know you have it!