Lovely summary, thank you. I particularly liked this:
Imagine if the whole book was written from Rose’s point of view – it would be hard for any modern critic to complain that the story was all about privileged children. Rose’s story could be the entire plot of a Jacqueline Wilson book.
I met Jacqueline Wilson last week so may be still slightly starstruck, but I think yes, this would be an ideal plot for one of her books. I wonder whether writing a book about someone like Rose in a similar situation would be Not On re copyright?
I always felt sorry for Rose when Edwin and Karen returned from honeymoon. To read 'as if for a wager' would have been (still is) my idea of bliss too, and how horrid to be forced out of it and into activities you know you don't shine at.
Agree that Chas is very likeable in the scene walking back from the station. And my heart lurched too when he said something like 'Granny says Daddy is only marrying Karen to have a housekeeper.' How awful for Nicola to hear that, both in not wanting to correct Chas and in wanting to help Karen. The next lines, where she desperately thinks what to say, are so well done.
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Date: 2014-11-29 02:26 am (UTC)Imagine if the whole book was written from Rose’s point of view – it would be hard for any modern critic to complain that the story was all about privileged children. Rose’s story could be the entire plot of a Jacqueline Wilson book.
I met Jacqueline Wilson last week so may be still slightly starstruck, but I think yes, this would be an ideal plot for one of her books. I wonder whether writing a book about someone like Rose in a similar situation would be Not On re copyright?
I always felt sorry for Rose when Edwin and Karen returned from honeymoon. To read 'as if for a wager' would have been (still is) my idea of bliss too, and how horrid to be forced out of it and into activities you know you don't shine at.
Agree that Chas is very likeable in the scene walking back from the station. And my heart lurched too when he said something like 'Granny says Daddy is only marrying Karen to have a housekeeper.' How awful for Nicola to hear that, both in not wanting to correct Chas and in wanting to help Karen. The next lines, where she desperately thinks what to say, are so well done.