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The final volume in the L-Shaped Room trilogy
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Jane's son David is eight years old and Jane is filled with doubts as he grows up without a father. Toby, her first love, has gone to Israel after the collapse of his marriage to Melissa. Then there is Andy, close at hand, a complex personality with his own problem son. In the background is Terry, David's father, an amorphous shadow hanging over them.
This intense, compassionate novel completes the the trilogy which began with The L-Shaped Room,
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Years have passed since the departure of Dottie and David is now a teenager. Jane still works in the shop that she started with Dottie and it is now a big success. But the peace that Jane craves still eludes her. Although she is in a relationship, the ghost of her relationship with Toby still haunts her so when she finds out that Toby's marriage is in trouble and that he is planning to go to go on a spiritual voyage to the trouble stricken Israel, she agrees to follow him in order to try and bring him and his daughter home for the sake of his mother-in-law, with whom Jane is friends. Her old friend from the L Shaped room dayus, John, agrees to go with her and so together they set out on a journey that is to change their lives forever.
This book is more satisfying than The Backward Shadow, and is more optimistic in tone. It is nice to see John makes a decent return, but his character is developed more fully, sometimes in such a way that is hard to believe. Certainly the John from The L Shaped Room wouold never behave the way that he does in this book.
All in all an enjoyable book which ties up the loose ends of Jane's story in an interesting and intriguing way.
This book is more satisfying than The Backward Shadow, and is more optimistic in tone. It is nice to see John makes a decent return, but his character is developed more fully, sometimes in such a way that is hard to believe. Certainly the John from The L Shaped Room wouold never behave the way that he does in this book.
All in all an enjoyable book which ties up the loose ends of Jane's story in an interesting and intriguing way.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The main themes in this book seemed to be the need for companionship and sex, hippies, travel and kibutz's. I was fascinated by the hippie theme and their involvement with water. It was funny that Chris wanted to make love to Jane as well. I was glad she said, "No" to Chris firmly. I was also pleased that Jane realises in the beginning of the book that she should have made more of a play for Toby and that it's not always wiser to be independent. I've always thought humans are inter-dependent and shouldn't strive to be totally self-sufficient, but then I'm not a feminist and so don't know which is the best way to be!
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Jane has now given birth to her son David and has left the little l shaped room that she loves so much behind her for good. Still aware of the stigma attached to her illegitimate son she chooses to live isolated in the cottage in the country that her aunt Addy bequethed to her. Once again she becomes attached to her surroundings, taking comfort from nature. She believes that her isolation is for the best. But people will not leave her alone - her best friend Dottie comes to stay with her and turns her well ordered life upside down. Through her relationships with Dottie and her part-time lover Toby she begins to realise that things are never as black and white as they seem. As David grows up, Jane too begins to grow as a person and begins to see that life is for the taking.
The sequel to The L Shaped Room shows the same confidence as the first book but Jane is older, though not necessarily that much wiser. The sequel lacks the optimism of the first and the humour that is so much in evidence in The L Shaped Room is almost missing. By setting it in the country Lynn Reid Banks manages to avoid most of the issues surrounding David's illegitimacy which is a shame because that is part of what made the first book so fascinating. However, if you have read The L Shaped Room then the two sequels are a must just to discover the conclusion of Jane's story.
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