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Dream a Little Dream (Paperback)

by Joan Jonker (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Headline; New Ed edition (5 Oct 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747263841
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747263845
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 98,934 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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One of the great pleasures of Joan Jonker's marvellous Liverpool-set sagas is the brilliantly realised sense of place. She is similarly skilful at conjuring up the world of two-up two-down houses, struggling removal businesses and lively, working-class characters, so the emotional entanglements always have the salty tang of authenticity. Dream a Little Dream is no exception, with all the human understanding that the author's fans look for. Edie and Bob grow up in the same Liverpool street. After their marriage, Bob succeeds in his removal business, and the family moves up the social ladder. But Edie and her eldest daughter have lost touch with their roots, and their social climbing begins to alienate Bob. With his two youngest children and their down-to-earth housekeeper, they create a little world of escape in the kitchen--and it's here that they begin to make plans to regain their happiness. The observation of social niceties is absolutely spot-on, with all the humour and warmth coming from a clash between class pretension and the realities of life. Bob and Edie are brilliantly drawn, and this one will acquire new readers for the talented Jonker. --Barry Forshaw

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Edie Dennison was a sweet young girl when she first met her husband Robert living in the same street of two-up two-down houses in Seaforth. Now, thanks to the success of Robert’s business, they’ve gone up in the world. When Robert realises that his wife has forgotten her roots, and is encouraging their children to have ideas above their station, he decides to take his two youngest children, Nigel and Abbie, back to Seaforth, to meet their old friends and the grandparents they never knew they had. Soon they discover a whole new world of happiness is waiting for them...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo Joan!, 19 May 2001
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Once again another superb saga by the best author in the world! I have read all Joan's books and have copies of all of them.This book is the best yet! A lovely story about a man who had nothing when he left school who went to work with a removal man who later sold him the business for £5. He met his wife Edie who lived in a two up two down like Bob's family in time work really picked up and they were able to buy a larger house and start a family, then a few years later they were able to buy a still larger house with spacious grounds. Its at this point Edie forgets her roots, when they are able to employ a cook and a char lady, what fun when you meet these to humourous, colourful ladies,I had tears of laughter running down my face making it hard to read what they were going to get up to next. Then we meet up with Bobs children, two are stuck up one is very down to earth, she wishes to go to college to learb business studies so she will be able to help Bob in his business, her snooty mother is none to pleased and a row breaks out over it, the son realizes his mother is trying to be a cut above the rest and cuts her apron strings and goes working with his father,whilst the eldest daughter sides with her mother and looks down on everyone her father included all she is interested in is marrying into money which she ends up doing rather sooner than expected owing to what could be an embarrasing event! Bob has never forgotton his roots and starts taking the two younger children to meet all their old friends and their Grandparents which Edie has pretended had died because she wanted to forget her past life. The youngsters really enjoy mixing again with their old friends and visit quite often. Things come to a head and when the elder daughter finds herself having to get married Edie moves in with the couple much to the relief of the other members of the family and the staff who had to take all kinds of abuse from them, once they left Bob could then welcome all his old friends and in laws into his home which he could not do before because Edwina {as she liked to be called}would have one of her turns. A really good read. How anyone could call this book tedious must be totally devoid of any warmth and humour.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Class-ridden and unspiring though heartwarming in parts, 31 Aug 2001
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The wife and eldest daughter are clearly snobs but Bob is a bit of a snob himself of another kind as though unless one is working class, you are not a good person. He is, however, generous to his servants as well as a good father to his to his son and younger daughter who both look up to him. There is some warmth in the story but I couldn't but help feel sorry for the two "baddies... On the other hand, thank God for the present day when a woman no longer has to marry the father of her unborn child.

For anyone who is fed up with British obsession with class, don't bother to read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly enjoyable read, 11 May 2001
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Once I started to read this book, I just couldn't put it down. A slightly different approach from the wonderful Joan Jonker, yet the characters were still warm and you really felt like you knew them... I cried a few times reading this, a wonderful wonderful read, well worth it!!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Crosses the line from fiction to "fantasy"
The only reason I even finished this tedious work is that it was all the reading material I had on the slow train from York. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2001 by Elizabeth G. Melillo

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read that has you hooked.
This book is different from the rest of Joan Jonker's books. Instead of focusing on those who are poor, Jonker focus' on those that are better off. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2000

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