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Bezig met laden... The Other Side of Beautiful
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Meet Mercy Blain, whose house has just burnt down. Unfortunately for Mercy, this goes beyond the disaster it would be for most people: she hasn't been outside that house for two years now. Flung out into the world she's been studiously ignoring, Mercy goes to the only place she can. Her not-quite-ex-husband Eugene's house. But it turns out she can't stay there, either. And so begins Mercy's unwilling journey. After the chance purchase of a cult classic campervan (read tiny, old and smelly), with the company of her sausage dog, Wasabi, and a mysterious box of cremated remains, Mercy heads north from Adelaide to Darwin. On the road, through badly timed breakdowns, gregarious troupes of grey nomads, and run-ins with a rogue adversary, Mercy's carefully constructed walls start crumbling. But what was Mercy hiding from in her house? And why is Eugene desperate to have her back in the city? They say you can't run forever... Exquisite, tender and wry, this is a break-out novel about facing anxiety and embracing life from an extraordinary new talent. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.4Literature English English fiction Post-Elizabethan 1625-1702WaarderingGemiddelde: (4.5)
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Who doesn’t love a fish-out-of-water story? Or a warm-hearted road trip to redemption with a gorgeous sausage dog as a sidekick? Yes, at first it seems Lock has simply selected her ingredients wisely. But then you come to realise it is the remarkable depth and raw authenticity she has achieved in lead Mercy Blain’s characterisation that elevate this novel to something truly special.
In a refreshing twist to the fish-out-of-water lead character trope, Mercy Blain is acutely aware of how her strange behaviour and at times dishevelled appearance will be judged by others. She knows from personal experience that beauty is often only skin-deep. She owns her flaws – people can like it or lump it. And, I think it is this attitude that gives readers genuine permission to laugh at some of the wonderful visual comedy and farcical situations she finds herself in along her journey. Continue reading: https://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2022/07/the-other-side-of-beautiful-kim-loc... (