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Drowning Rose [Kindle Edition]

Marika Cobbold (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
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No one writes about life quite like Marika Cobbold; no one combines light and dark, humorous and profound, joyous and sorrowful quite so expertly (Readers' Books Of The Year Guardian )

This wonderful Swedish novelist weaves tales of intellectual and emotional subtlety with her uniquely mischievous wit ... Characteristically, Cobbold handles profound and delicate themes with a ceramicist's lightness of touch (Daily Mail )

Romance flirts with dark depths ... Since her popular debut, Guppies for Tea, Swedish-born Marika Cobbold has established a reputation for astute and acerbic romances. In her seventh novel, she examines the consequences of a girlhood tragedy. If the subject matter is not cheery, it is lit up by offbeat wit and charm (Independent )

I can't recommend it enough (The Lady )

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Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself...
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 491 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (1 Aug 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0058RE06U
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #51,749 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite... I think 17 Aug 2011
By Hally
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have read all of Marika Cobbold's books and think this has to be one of my favourites. Unlike one of the other reviewers I really loved Aphrodite's Workshop (MC is a really funny writer and in Aphrodite she lets her sense of humour run riot!) however Drowning Rose, whilst still full of very witty, funny thoughts and scenes (Archie the doom filled neighbour is just brilliant!), is a rather melancholy and dark book (rather like Shooting Butterflies). It was gripping and page turning. Her books are always beautifully easy to read (I mean that as a compliment, she writes without pretension) and yet complex, cleverly constructed and full of hilarious and sometimes very sad insights. I was really interested by the descriptions of Eliza's work and behind the scenes at the V&A (one of my favourite museums) and loved the scenes from Eliza and the fabulously awful and tragic Cassandra's youth at boarding school. She was spot on about boarding school life but also the hell (and bliss!) that is being a teenager. Her ability to completely inhabit her characters, however different, is something that Marika Cobbold is excellent at. As always she excels at children and the elderly, as an author she really seems to understand the outsider (a bit like Anne Tyler, though sometimes Anne Tyler's outsiders are too outside!) which is what makes her books so special. Anyway this is a beautiful and richly written novel. Gorgeous cover by the way!
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bittersweet, painful and finely-drawn 6 Sep 2011
By Poppy Hall
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This poignant subtle story is told chiefly from the points of view of two women recalling an incident in their girlhood from which neither of them ever recovered. The drowning of their schoolmate Rose has shaped both lives - but the cleverness of this book is that you don't know really where you are with them until quite far in, when the hint of a huge twist keeps you turning the pages at speed.
Eliza's job as a ceramic restorer serves as a beautiful metaphor for the fragility of life, and the impossibility of perfect recovery: everything, once broken, remains damaged within, no matter how carefully the flaw is hidden. The story is deftly told, with convincing dialogue, and Eliza's relationship with the dead girl's father is drawn with great subtlety and compassion. This is a great read - especially for someone who has felt regret about the past, and opportunities missed. Rose's father says at one point to the guilt-racked Eliza, "be a candle, not a black hole."
This book is a candle, and I feel the better for having read it.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Story 3 Sep 2011
By Joanna Cannon
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This is the most exquisitely written story about fate, friendship and restoration. The balance between humour and poignancy is just perfect and I was pulled into each chapter by such well drawn characters, I could see and hear them from the very beginning. Ms Cobbold's description of an adolescent longing to fit in is painfully beautiful. A truly wonderful read.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars There's Nothing That Can't be Mended
Marika Cobbold's most recent novel is a study of the process of healing and coming to terms with guilt. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Kate Hopkins
5.0 out of 5 stars What an unexpected gem!
I purchased this book on my Kindle completely by accident (I was trying to delete the sample and ended up buying it instead). Read more
Published 4 months ago by Julie
4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable read
Am a long-time fan of another Marika Cobbold book, Frozen Music. I wasn't sure about this one right at the start, and then all of sudden i was completely caught up in the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lizzie Bryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Piecing your life together for peace.
What can you do when your life is broken?

You can try and piece it together again.

But for Eliza the only thing that she pieces back together is ceramics. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Joanne D'Arcy
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Usually I do not like stories that are told using flash backs to earlier in their life but I really enjoyed this, I particularly lliked Eliza's inner voice, I found her comments... Read more
Published 11 months ago by ccaajjaa
4.0 out of 5 stars The Shattered Vase
'Drowning Rose' is a quiet understated novel. The story, though not without conflict, is rarely dramatic. The characters are unremarkable, but well-drawn. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Quicksilver
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of interest and humanity
This is one of those books that pulled me in from the very start, because I felt immediately attuned to the voice of the writer, or rather, in the case of this first person... Read more
Published 12 months ago by AliB
5.0 out of 5 stars My first Marika Cobbold, but not the last!
I very much enjoyed Drowning Rose. It is a novel written with wit and sensitivity and great characterisation. An all round good read with a satisfying 'did-she-didn't-she? Read more
Published 13 months ago by A Norfolk Broad
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT
Oh I loved this book. I bought it early in January during the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' sale primarily for three reasons. I loved the cover! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Carol 'avid little bookworm'
4.0 out of 5 stars A story told from two viewpoints
I wasn't sure about this book when I started it as I found Eliza's voice overly chatty, jumping from subject to subject but all this changed fairly quickly and I got drawn into the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Bannister
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