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'A remarkable novel' Auberon Waugh 'Perfect mastered skill . gentle and pungent style . compassion and humour to modulate her often steely-eyed observation' SUNDAY TIMES
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All her life, Amy Evans has struggled against that unkind gift of fate - ugliness. A squat nose stubbed like a plasticine afterthought on her face, a chin too long and eyes straining to meet each other, form a sad picture that dooms Amy to a life of solitude and lovelessness. Now in her fifties, Amy lives alone with her crippled brother, both prisoners of the hopes and aspirations of their youth. Then Amy makes a final bid for happiness, a last ditch attempt to meet someone she can love . who might love her. Suddenly her life takes on dizzying new dimensions as she explores untrodden paths of sexual awareness in an all-or-nothing gamble for dangerous and delicious success.
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When she was a child, Amy Evans would steal into the sweet shop on the way home from school and buy a stick of rock. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is a melancholic tale but one that I found deeply moving. It's very Welsh and yet it was the French who made it into a film (Chere inconnue). Rubens is a writer that seems to have fallen out of favour, but she was damned good - join the crusade!
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I've read all Bernice Rubens' novels and they all contain very clever twists and are very readable. Disfunctional families brought to life on the page with their anger and tenderness laid bare but not judged. I Sent a Letter to My Love is no exception.
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Exposes the saucy secrets of three characters who appear very staid on the surface. The final tragedy leaves you with the feeling that the 'victor' might soon be sunk himself. I can imagine a contemporary situation such as this emerging through Internet-based communication, so ahead of its time and still relevant.
Clear, atmospheric prose. Original descriptions of seaside living.
Clear, atmospheric prose. Original descriptions of seaside living.
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Sad and somewhat dispiriting
A sad book which leaves a somewhat unpleasant taste. The author doesn't seem to like her characters and perhaps even despises them. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2009 by Sophie Wendon
Wonderful
Wonderfully sad, you want Amy (the main character) to succeed in life but know when reading that despite everything she's going to end up exactly as she does; fat and lonely,... Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2008 by Rose
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