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Lively....excellent (The TIMES )
One of the funniest, most entertaining, most unusual stories about young love (EVENING STANDARD )
A striking story (TLS )
One of the funniest, most entertaining, most unusual stories about young love (EVENING STANDARD )
A striking story (TLS )
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*A classic novel of English adolescence
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An ugly duckling tale with a difference. I stumbled on it in the school library when I was 17. At the time I was sitting Oxbridge exams and living with my widower father, so the characterisation certainly struck a chord! Thanks to Jane Gardam for letting me know that there were other awkward, academic, adolescent girls like me out there.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved this book when I was growing up because it was one of the very few books that seemed to reflect the way I thought. Marigold is an unfashionably "academic" teenager who doesn't quite fit in either with the girls at her own school or with the boys at the school where her father teaches. I love how she clams up when she tries to talk to the injured Jack, the object of her affections, and how when a friend gives her a makeover, the effect on her confidence doesn't last. Things come to a head during a weekend away when it turns out no-one is quite what they seem.
My only problem with this book was with the ending - I couldn't decide if it was meant to be real or fantasy, as it appears to show a much older Marigold meeting the grown-up daughter of two of the previously teenage characters, yet the main body of the book wasn't noticeably old-fashioned in setting. But the last 2 or 3 pages don't change the fact that the bulk of this book is one of the most true-to-life stories of adolescence I have ever read.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first book of Jane Gardam's that I've read and I was utterly captivated by it. Although it's many years since my adolescence, I think this captures perfectly the emotions and sensitivities of teenage girls, especially those who don't "fit in". I particularly enjoyed the section where she goes to stay at Jack's house and the scales fall from her eyes. It also has a good ending to a well-written and enjoyable story. I'll be looking out for more of her work.
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Both Hilarious and Touching
A wonderful story of a truly original girl who can't ever quite fit in. Bilgewater (Marigold Green, known as Bill's Daughter/Bilgewater as she grows up in a boys' school where her... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kate Hopkins
Bilgewater
A very good read - an unusual story, well written and very amusing too.Jane Gardem always writes very unique stories, with wit and excellent decriptions and character formations
Published 9 months ago by D Bird
A truly entertaining read
A hilarious 'coming of age' novel. It captures the teenage crushes and crushing embarassments of a gauche 'honorary boy', 'Bilgewater', (Bill's daughter) growing up in a boy's... Read more
Published 9 months ago by artyone
"I saw Jack and Grace rolling about together in silence on the kitchen...
The English class system is certainly alive and well in this book which is devastatingly honest about slippages and gradations to the point where it is ever so slightly offensive... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Eileen Shaw
Even better than I remembered
Wow, this book is soooo great. It was always a favourite but I just reread it after a ten-year gap and it's still great - funny, and very truthful, and beautifully beautifully... Read more
Published on 2 May 2008 by D. M. Purkiss
Lovely book
Beautifully, unshowily written, easily evoking atmosphere, with utterly consistent characterisation. Plenty of incident to move things on, usually springing from the characters. Read more
Published on 3 May 2005 by "englishpageturner"
a teenagers response
As a teenager I found that, despite what adult readers may think,this book was not aimed specifically at me. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2003
Enriching and a great pleasure to read
I found this book very capturing.It really, deeply sympathies with victims of this age.Sitting this for my personal review in Higher English I found it an excellent theme and book... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2000
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