- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review; New Ed edition (6 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747264813
- ISBN-13: 978-0747264811
- Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.3 x 19.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'She writes beautifully... Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision' (Independent on Sunday )
'The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement' (Observer )
'The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement' (Observer )
Independent on Sunday
'She writes beautifully... Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision'
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Since this was Raffaella Barker's first published book, you shouldn't expect the sophisticated storytelling of "Green Grass" or "Hens Dancing". However, her prose is good and her touch is light, and if you like stories of big families living hand to mouth, then this is definitely for you. I would recommend it as an 'Underground' book: the chapters are short and sweet and perfect for the short journeys between stops.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Raffaella Barker is an excellent writer and creates an amazing sense of character and place. She has a memory for those seemingly insignificant details that are really so telling, and that weave together to make a recreation of childhood and adolescence. Although frequently funny and sometimes hysterically so, this book seems also to be kind of tinged with sadness too. Worth reading.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is beautifully written, imaginative account of growing up, narrated by Gabriella, the daughter of an English poet. It tells of "The myths of my family, favourite fables told again and again, brought out like battered photographs, nostagia-scented and made alive by scrambled memory...fairy-tales, fantasies grown from a seed of truth". Colourful memories of her Norfolk childhood with all her brothers and animals are poured out for us to paint the picture of a wild and bohemian family. At turns both funny and meloncholy, this is a wonderful book that gives us telling glimpses into the real lives of Patrick Barker and his literary family.
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A bit disappointing really
I really enjoyed Hens Dancing, but this was nowhere near the standard of that.
It felt strangely disjointed, and I couldn't quite grasp the story - it just felt like a collection... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2003 by Mrs Colette Morris
Only if warm fuzzies is your thing .....
I hated it. One of my closest friends said that it was the best book she had read in the summer, that it detailed the cosy and affectionate life of a bohemian family and the... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2000
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