I'll probably just comment briefly on this, as I think this is a complex issue, I think related to some extent to political opinions and I don't have the book with me. I do think that quite a bit of AF's conservative libertarian views ( I'm not sure precisely how to describe them - see the letter The Marlows and their Maker) do come out in Run Away Home. Ann is the only Marlow who accepts that social services could perhaps help Edward. Possibly (not unusually) AF is being a bit unfair on Ann's point of view here, but personally I don't really mind the outcome, as she does depict Edward as getting worse and worse in care and presumably he will be better off with his father in Switzerland. Judith is not very well drawn as a whole I think, and tends to come over as a bit of an idiot. However, I agree with bookwarmsarah's comment that she does get some humanity in her talk with Rowan at the play, when Rowan starts to appreciate her genuine suffering.
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Date: 2007-11-16 10:14 pm (UTC)