THE SOLDIER'S RETURN.

by Mervyn. Bragg | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0340751002 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingjeniwrenwing of Pambula, New South Wales Australia on 8/13/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by wingjeniwrenwing from Pambula, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
In 1946 Sam an Englishman returns home from fighting the war in Burma to his wife Ellen and young son Joe. Like many who fought alongside him and lived to come home Sam feels suffocated by life in tiny rural Wigton. When people ask too many painful questions Sam suffers horrendous nightmares of his time in battle. Work is scarce and what there is , is demeaning. His relationship with wife and son is strained and he has difficulties relating to his family. His wife wants her own home with a garden and also yearns for another baby . Then Sam is tempted by a relocation offer by the government to Australia and in the end all this readjusment nearly destroys Sam's family. This was a good read about the struggles, sacrifices and bonds of soldiers during the aftermath of war and how homecoming is not always the joyous experience you want it to be. Not a book with dramatic plots or dramas , just small episodes in their lives written with sensitivity and emotion and would appeal to anyone who enjoys Pat Barkers war novels.

Journal Entry 2 by wingjeniwrenwing at Pambula Nursing Home in Pambula, New South Wales Australia on Monday, September 1, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (9/1/2008 UTC) at Pambula Nursing Home in Pambula, New South Wales Australia

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I will be leaving this novel on the entrance table in the front foyer of Imlay House on my way to work early tomorrow. As always I am hopeful that the new owner will make a journal entry here with their thoughts after reading or plans for this book.

Journal Entry 3 by beehilary on Monday, February 2, 2009
Melvyn Bragg is a great storyteller. He sets the tone and draws you in to the place he loves, Cumbria. The characters have been changed by time, by experience and by maturity. I have re-read this book recently to again enjoy the care in which the author develops the characters as the circumstances change.
Recommended.
I plan to relaease this book in Canberra, ACT.

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