The Marlows and their maker

[witandwisdome.livejournal.com]

Just seen that GGB have published this.


Has anyone read it?
Tamsin
(apologies if someone has posted about this previously!)

Comments

[oursin.livejournal.com]

According to the Girls Gone By website (http://www.ggbp.co.uk/Titles/inPrint/af.html) this is only just out, if at all: the Sept 2006 publication date having come and gone, and now being August 2007, according to them. No-one has yet mentioned reading it.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the reminder! I too ordered it yonks ago and had completely forgotten about it, though my copy hasn't shown up yet.

I wonder if you would mind editing so that Amazon's very long URL is behind a cut tag? It's doing odd things to my friends page. Thanks!

[dozydormouse.livejournal.com]

I'm currently about a third of the way through and really enjoying it. Very readable discussion of the books well as far as I've got.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I've read the sort of previous version to it - she used to have it up online, as AF didn't want it published in her lifetime (IIRC). It was an interesting read in a way, but lacked something for me. I think it was that it was all very descriptive, and didn't have much in the way of criticism. I did like the maps of Kingscote and Trennels though, and will probably get around to buying it sometime in case I take up writing fic and want help with description.

[coughingbear]

I'm expecting to be sent a copy because I think I contributed a drawing but it hasn't arrived yet. Like slemslempike I read an earlier version online - I know it's been revised quite a lot - which I didn't find that interesting as literary criticism, but am looking forward to seeing the new version.

As ankaret suggested, could you either put the URL behind a cut tag, or (probably easier) make it a link to a word in your post, please? The instructions for doing that are here (I've made 'here' a link to the LJ instructions).

[mrs-redboots.livejournal.com]

I received it yesterday and am in the middle of it. No, it's not critical, but it is a good overview. Apparently Sue Sims is to write a biography of Forest, so there is very little biographical detail in there, either.

All the same, I'm glad I bought it!

[bluebellbicycle.livejournal.com]

I'm dying to read this but it doesn't seem to be on eBay yet, which is strange :/

[alliekiwi.livejournal.com]

I got my copy in the post today and have enjoyed a bit of a flick-through, reading bits. I've managed to lay my hands on a copy of most of the books, and have been reading them, too. Each time I get near the end of 'Run Away Home' I keep hoping it'll end differently. Somehow ... more, I suppose. And that was how I felt about this companion book: I couldn't help but hope there would be massive clues about what might have happened next.

Anyway, it also made me go and re-read Forester48's story (I wish she'd write another one to follow it!) and girlyswots one, too (which thankfully doesn't leave one hanging!).

[jesssoph.livejournal.com]

I remember enjoying the online version of this - particularly the clarification of the literary references I couldn't remember but recognised! - and I came to that because Anne's sister Sally was kind enough to let me spend an afternoon sitting on her deck reading some books, and Anne was kind enough to let one of the books I read be her copy of Run Away Home - the first time I'd ever seen the book let alone read it!

I wasn't crazy about the cover of the GGB edition, although I "got" all the references, but I'm so thrilled to have it as a Proper Book for dipping in to at my leisure and convenience, that I gloss over the cover!

I too am looking forward to Sue Sims' biography, and no, GGB didn't edit out biographical stuff in TMATM, what I remember being there is still there.

[bluebellbicycle.livejournal.com]

I really didn't like this book. I've posted at length explaining why here: http://ninedresses.livejournal.com/8120.html :)