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The Independent
'Doughty has a subtle, unshowy talent that packs an emotional punch... Stone Cradle moves and impresses in equal measure.'
Sunday Post (Ireland)
'Doughty cleverly challenges all our assumptions halfway through the book, making its denouement as starkly compelling as a thriller'.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I very much enjoyed Stone Cradle. I loved the setting of the Fens and the vividness with which Miss Doughty portrayed the landscape and how it affected the characters. The two women, mother in law and daughter in law, from two different cultures, and their antagonisms, and yet grudging acceptance of each other over the years, was so rich and earnest. This is a book to get lost in, to relish the writing as well as the story, to be stopped in the midst of the flow by a description. As well as this the lives of the Romanies are honestly and lovingly, yet without sentimentality, brought to life within Stone Cradle.
I also enjoyed Fires In The Dark by Louise Doughty.
I also enjoyed Fires In The Dark by Louise Doughty.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the second Louise Doughty novel I have read. I reviewed `Whatever you Love' on Amazon last year and still feel a bit guilty about only giving it four stars when it was such a riveting read. For a while I have been meaning to back-track and discover some of her earlier works. I'm glad I did.
Stone Cradle has an altogether different feel about it and I don't think you would particularly connect the authorial styles - a plus, I think, because it's an indicator of a versatile writer. It's not such a page-turner as Whatever you Love, but is nonetheless deeply engrossing. Told from the alternate viewpoints of Clementine and Rose, her `gorger' daughter in law, it ranges across several generations of a Romany family from the nineteenth century up until 1960, but it's quite a step above the family saga type of novel, portraying what feels like an authentic picture of Romany life in and around Peterborough during that period. The characterisation is strong and the setting evocative. After this I will put Doughty on my list of must-read authors. She's a very accessible writer and storyteller but her work is of a high quality. She clearly has a good reputation but deserves to be even more well known.
Stone Cradle has an altogether different feel about it and I don't think you would particularly connect the authorial styles - a plus, I think, because it's an indicator of a versatile writer. It's not such a page-turner as Whatever you Love, but is nonetheless deeply engrossing. Told from the alternate viewpoints of Clementine and Rose, her `gorger' daughter in law, it ranges across several generations of a Romany family from the nineteenth century up until 1960, but it's quite a step above the family saga type of novel, portraying what feels like an authentic picture of Romany life in and around Peterborough during that period. The characterisation is strong and the setting evocative. After this I will put Doughty on my list of must-read authors. She's a very accessible writer and storyteller but her work is of a high quality. She clearly has a good reputation but deserves to be even more well known.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful and timeless story of two strong-willed women who dislike each other but slowly and with great difficulty learn to accept each other because they share the common love of their family. I loved it!
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STONE CRADLE - VERY GOOD
VERY INTERESTING BOOK - WELL WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FACINATED BY GYPSY CULTURE AND THIS BOOK SHOWED WHAT THERE LIFE MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE EARLY ON IN 1900'S AS... Read more
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