Here on Earth

by A. Hoffman | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0701164905 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wombles of Caboolture, Queensland Australia on 1/26/2006
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by wombles from Caboolture, Queensland Australia on Thursday, January 26, 2006
Not sure if I have read this before or not, so when I saw it for $1 in lifeline I had to pick it up :)

Journal Entry 2 by MelbCon from Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Gratefully received, to be released at the convention in October.
Thanks from the convention committee.

Journal Entry 3 by freesia from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Friday, October 5, 2007
Found in my goodie bag at the Melbourne 2007 BookCrossing Convention. I've enjoyed other books by Hoffman so am looking forward to reading this too.

Journal Entry 4 by freesia from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Friday, October 19, 2007
I've enjoyed other books by Alice Hoffman - she has a great kind of magic realism way of describing landscapes, memories and awkwardnesses between people. However, this was just flawed.

The Heathcliff-like figure of Hollis is so dark and tormented he seemed a caricature, like Jilly Cooper's all-powerful malevolent conductor Rannaldini. What I just didn't get was the way March fell under his spell so easily. She's initially presented as a capable, thoughtful wife and mother and businesswoman, and to see her suddenly consenting to all these restrictions and ignoring her daughter is painful.

The ending is just too convenient - that amount of gloom and darkness doesn't just suddenly disappear with one death. I read the book with relish, but I just wanted it to be slightly more psychologically reasonable - is that too much to ask? Frustrating.

Journal Entry 5 by freesia at Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on Monday, October 22, 2007

Released 16 yrs ago (10/22/2007 UTC) at Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia

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in a hole in a Moreton Bay Fig tree trunk, outside the conservatory

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