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The L-Shaped Room (Paperback)

by Lynne Reid Banks (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (1 Jan 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099469634
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099469636
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.4 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,598 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Jane Graham, alone and pregnant, retreats to a bug-infested attic bedsit in Fulham, where she finds unexpected companionship, happiness and love.


About the Author

Lynne Reid Banks has written a number of books for children and young adults. Her children's books include The Adventures of King Midas; The Farthest-Away Mountain; Maura's Angel; The Indian in the Cupboard, recently made into a major Hollywood film; Return of the Indian; The Fairy Rebel; and The Magic Hare. Her books for teenagers include One More River, Sarah and After, My Darling Villain, The Writing on the Wall, Melusine: A Mystery and Broken Bridge. In addition, she has written two historical books about Israel: Letters to My Israeli Sons and Torn Country

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful Book, 7 Mar 2005
By Mrs. Crease "webwizzx" (Plymouth, UK) - See all my reviews
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I first read this book when i was at school, and i simply devoured it. It follows the story of Jane, who becomes pregnant, whilst unmarried in the 1960's, the story is poignant and really draws the reader in to a time and a place that is so believable and yet so different from our lives today. I can't begin to tell you how much i enjoyed this book, and any review i wrote, would simply not do it justice, i would just urge you to read it as it is a simply stunning read. I read it again every few years.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The L - Shaped Room: The book I wish I'd discovered earlier!, 12 May 2004
Wow! What an amazingly well written book! Set in a time when people looked down on pregnant women who were unmarried, this book follows the ups and downs of Jane, the main character of the book.

Thrown out of her home by her father, she has to look for a place of her own to live in. this is when she stumbles across the L-Shaped room, at the top of a dark and dingy house with its vast array of occupants ranging from a Jewish writer to the prostitutes who live in the basement.

I was unable to put this book down and was drawn into an entirely different era from which I know now. This book allowed me to follow Jane and her new found friends around as if they were there in real life, experiencing the raw emotion of everyday life living in 1960’s London, with Jane striving to survive on her wages after she is sacked: sacked for being pregnant and unmarried.

This book opens your eyes and comparisons are able to be made between today’s acceptance of unmarried single mother’s and the chastising of the unmarried single mother’s of the 1960’s.

There are two other books which follow Jane and her child as they are growing up and I cannot wait to read them. The only regret I have is not finding them sooner. Lynne Ried Banks is an excellent author and once again excels herself in her unique style loved and adored by millions the world over.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My Favourite Book EVER, 13 Feb 2006
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I read this when I was in my teens and have re-read it several times since - a very evocative, compelling novel.The 2 sequels are also very good. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Lynne Reid Banks
My wonderful English teacher gave me this book when I was sixteen. I am now 46 and have read it 18 times. I was so taken with it, it catapulted me into a writing career. Read more
Published 9 months ago by foodiewoman

5.0 out of 5 stars thanks lynne!!
i also read this book while i was at school in the eighties but the bizarre fact that this fantastic book was ever there in the first place is amazing(unfortunately it was so good... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2006 by cal sullivan

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