Cloudstreet
Registered by xtrdnry of Parkdale, Victoria Australia on 5/3/2011
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Precipitated by separate personal tragedies, two families flee their rural livings to share a "great continent of a house", Cloudstreet, in the Perth suburb of West Leederville. The two families are contrasts to each other; the Lambs find meaning in industry and in God’s grace; the Pickles, in luck. The Lambs’ God is a maker of miracles; the Pickles’ God is the ‘Shifty Shadow’ of fate. Though initially resistant to each other, their search and journey for meaning in life concludes with the uniting of the two families with many characters citing this as the most important aspect of their lives. The novel gives a voice to social minorities, the Australian working class and the disabled. (However, its treatment of Fish Lamb as somebody incomplete in his physical existence may also be interpreted as demeaning towards the intellectually disabled, depending on the reading position adopted.)
Journal Entry 2 by xtrdnry at Green Sage Cafe in Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Sunday, August 12, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (8/12/2012 UTC) at Green Sage Cafe in Templestowe, Victoria Australia
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on the book shelves just inside the door.
This book comes highly recommended from quite a few people so it is going on to Mt TBR.
Desperately need to clear the shelves so will release this shortly.
Journal Entry 5 by marmee463 at Melbourne Central New Little Library in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (10/11/2012 UTC) at Melbourne Central New Little Library in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I will release this onto the shelves.
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To the finder of this book -
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There are around 10 million books registered with Bookcrossing involving more than a million registered Bookcrossers across 130 countries around the world - the idea is to connect people through books and I can assure you it can be fun. I suggest you browse through the site, there is plenty to discover, have fun.