- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press (Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 031215531X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312155315
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 314,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Hardcover
I picked this book because I thought it would be a good trashy no-brainer, having just finished a heavy political biog.
Admittedly, it's escapist, and romantic, but I was surprised by how well written the story was, how developed the characters were, and how well the era and sense of place were established. It had me hooked from page one.
It's a cliched story - which of us didn't have a crush on a teacher when in school? But Jacqui Gordon fleshes it out sufficiently so that while it's a good, gripping romance, we see the relationship develop and blossom in a very realistic way.
Charlotte and Brian make for intriguing, sympathetic, and well-rounded characters. You can understand why they would genuinely fall in love.
Topping it all off, the book generates the right amount of chemistry and romantic tension. You're just dying for them to get together, and she delivers a good denouement - worthy of the build-up.
I can't give it 5 stars, because although overall I liked the ending, I couldn't help but feel it was a little drawn-out, and hence got a little flat before the final page.
Nonetheless, a good book. I'm surprised it didn't do better.
Admittedly, it's escapist, and romantic, but I was surprised by how well written the story was, how developed the characters were, and how well the era and sense of place were established. It had me hooked from page one.
It's a cliched story - which of us didn't have a crush on a teacher when in school? But Jacqui Gordon fleshes it out sufficiently so that while it's a good, gripping romance, we see the relationship develop and blossom in a very realistic way.
Charlotte and Brian make for intriguing, sympathetic, and well-rounded characters. You can understand why they would genuinely fall in love.
Topping it all off, the book generates the right amount of chemistry and romantic tension. You're just dying for them to get together, and she delivers a good denouement - worthy of the build-up.
I can't give it 5 stars, because although overall I liked the ending, I couldn't help but feel it was a little drawn-out, and hence got a little flat before the final page.
Nonetheless, a good book. I'm surprised it didn't do better.
Format:Hardcover
Jacquie Gordon has drawn an exquisitely detailed and joyful portrait of the relationship between a precocious teenager and her young teacher. The growing tension between them, set against a backdrop of life in a 1950s private school, will keep you glued to its pages way past your bedtime. I adored Ms. Gordon's sensitive biography, Give Me One Wish, of her daughter Christine and am delighted to find this wonderful fictional debut is just as fascinating.
Format:Hardcover
Flanders Point is a sensitive, fascinating romance, not, as Kirkus would have it, for the juvenile trade, but for anyone who likes good novels about complex relationships. Charlotte Delafield, the heroine, has survived a very unpleasant childhood. At the Haddam school in
Flanders Point, she not only survives but thrives, and the love that develops between
Charlotte and her young English teacher, Brian Parton, is powerful and dangerous. Both
them are young, but both are also strong enough to avoid the dangers. This is a strong,
faascinating story.
Flanders Point, she not only survives but thrives, and the love that develops between
Charlotte and her young English teacher, Brian Parton, is powerful and dangerous. Both
them are young, but both are also strong enough to avoid the dangers. This is a strong,
faascinating story.
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