Not Gritty Realism, I'll admit; but I still think that the idea of
the TV personality who broadcasts his message of longing for children
and then gets more than he bargains for is an interesting one!
The children are interesting personalities, and Thomas' misunderstanding
about the hospital rings
>>However, I am rather in the minority in really liking "The
Children on the Top Floor".
Ann<<
*Not* completely alone, though. It was one of those books I bought with My
Very Own Money as a little kid. Ok, perhaps not gritty modern realism, but
a *nice story*.
Claire
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Oddly enough, I found "When the Sirens Wailed" much more snobbish
in its attitude to working-class characters than "The Children of
Primrose Lane", even though it was written so much later. I think
it has good bits, but it's written too much from the outside.
"Primrose Lane" is no doubt an improb
Sorry, yes - clearly expecting everyone to be pyschic!
Natasha
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Which book are you talking about - Sirens wail?
Susan D
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> I know
I know I should be saving this for the Streatfeild BD but unless I post it
now, I will forget my reaction, and it would be shame to deprive you all of
my thoughts...
Just finished it last night, and the reasons I didn't really like are
twofold:
1. It reminded me too much of "Saplings", possibl
Nicky wrote:
>Janice, are you sure you aren't me ?
Positive
(otherwise I'd know all the answers to the FALLQ )
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Barbara wrote:
Why didn't I like WTSW?
I found it unpleasant and unrealistic at the same time.
I am actually getting on with it a lot better now (about 3/4 of the way
through), but it's not the best book of hers, nor the worst by a long shot.
I know what you mean about it being unpleasant, that was
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>> "June 2004 - 'When the Siren Wailed': a gripping story, and highly
> a
Barbara wrote:
>I really dislike When the Sirens Wailed and the
>>Thursday's Child pair.
and Natasha replied:
>That's interesting - I have been trying to read When the Siren Wailed all
>week, and I am not getting with it at all. Never read it before. Why don't
>you like it?
Having done an (incomp
Did you read Sue Sims' article in a recent Folly about writing about the
war at the time, as NS did in Curtain Up, The Children of Primrose Lane and
others, and writing about it as a past event, as she did in When the Sirens
Wailed? I very much agreed with what Sue said. Although the book aims f
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