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Joanna Trollope
'Poignant, funny ... A delightful and enchanting novel'
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'No one does it better than Cobbold'
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This review is from: Guppies for Tea (Paperback)
I had read and really liked 'Frozen music' and decided to continue with 'Guppies for tea'. It is a book well worth reading. Marika Cobbold knows how to sketch her characters;she really brings them to life in all their weaknesses and absurdities but she can also show us how courageous and selfless they can be. It is not light reading as it deals with what becomes of old people when their families can't be bothered with them anymore or when they become too much of a burden and just have to be sent to homes where specialised staff look after them. She writes beautifully about their plight,the total loss of control they have over their lives, the guilt those who care for them have to face when they find themselves unable to cope. Fortunately the author mixes enough comedy and black humour to make it a very enjoyable read in spite of its dark theme. I really think those who will take the trouble of reading this book won't regret it!
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My book club choice,
By Arjay (Cheltenham UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guppies for Tea (Paperback)
An excellent book for review by my book club. Well written. Looks at life through the eyes of someone with a sense of humour.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Hard to put down,
By Anna from Montreal - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Guppies for Tea (Thorndike Press Large Print Buckinghams) (Paperback)
I found this to be a very good book to read and hard to put down. It was funny and sad at the same time. The characters are so real - that in the end when I closed the book - it was hard to get back to the "real world". I am going to check out for more books by Marika Cobbold - for someone whose mother tongue is not English - she has written a very good book (and this was her first one).
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Insightfulness deserving four stars,
By Mars Violet "mom of three" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Guppies for Tea (Paperback)
Although Guppies for Tea could never be described as gripping, the author quietly steers each character beyond their mild mannered nature into cathartic territory. The story opens with thirty-something Amelia beginning to realise that her maternal grandmother, who gave her the sane upbringing her mother could not, might not be around forever. Simultaneously she experiences the collapse of her two year relationship with Gerald. Both granddaughter and grandmother find themselves forced to move out of their homes and face the relentless forward march of time.
The text provided many nuggets of wisdom regarding loss, aging and the ticking of one's biological clock without getting too heavy. The characters were multifaceted and believeable when facing situations not often adressed in contemporary literature (when, for instance, gran's bladder control problem puts a damper on her pool activities). Worth rereading. 0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Guppies for Tea,
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This review is from: Guppies for Tea (Hardcover)
This is an extremly boring and dumb book.
The characters are dull and there is no chance relating to them since their situation is one of those sad things that people shouldn't spend their time writing about. People say its funny. I found one joke, which was not even funny. My advise to you is not to read it. If you are able to finish it you will find yourself with a bad feeling in your stomache and a bad temper. And oh, by the way. The language she uses is at the same level as mine. Crappy. |
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