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Bricks and Mortar (Paperback)

by Helen Ashton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Persephone Books Ltd (22 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903155398
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903155394
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 14 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 779,648 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Helen Ashton has the power of writing about people as though she had known them all her life. One feels that one has lived next door to Martin Lovell ever since the day when he first set up house with Letty in chambers on the north side of Gray's Inn Square' wrote the "TLS" in 1932. Unusually, "Bricks and Mortar" is about the life of a London architect from the 1890s to the early 1930s; it is, as well, about a 'very decent, simple, sweet-minded creature' who realises that his marriage has been a mistake yet makes the best of things: because he has dignity, commonsense and kindness, and is 'very much in love with his profession', he has his own special brand of heroism. 'The story of Martin and his marriage is affecting, and all the more appealing for Ashton's irony and wit' said "The Times"; 'intelligent and serious, vividly evoking the period, in parts genuinely touching' wrote the "Victorian Society Journal".

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4.0 out of 5 stars More than just Bricks and Mortar, 16 Jul 2004
By Elaine Simpson-long (Colchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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I make no apology for reviewing another Persephone book as every book produced by this publishing house is worthy of attention. Not every one will please everybody but the likelihood is that an interesting well written book can be depended upon and this latest publication is a case in point. I had never heard of Helen Ashton prior to reading this novel which was originally published in 1932 and she is a real discovery. It is what nowadays might be filed in the library under 'sagas' in that it tells the story of Martin, a young architect dragooned and manipulated into a marriage with Letty, by her astute and clever mother and, quite simply, follows their lives together for the following 40 years. The marriage has its ups and downs, Martin finds his wife is not of his intellectual level and is not interested in his profession, but he finds recompense in the relationship he develops with his daughter Stacey, who shows signs of being a strong, feminist woman while his wife has her son, Aubrey. The emotions of Martin and his state of mind and character throughout his life are reflected in the architectural descriptions that run like a thread through the book. The title may lead you to think this is a dull, boring book but it is not. The architectural descriptions are enchanting and beautiful and if, like me, you do not know the difference between a pilaster and a cornice, it does not matter, the imagery and the language used are simply beautiful. Martin and Letty are characters that engage one immediately and you really care what happens to them and their happiness. This is a book of a high order, well crafted, superbly written and immensely readable. I was captured from the first page and I think anyone who reads this will do so too.
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