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Shena Mackay

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24+ Werken 974 Leden 8 Besprekingen Favoriet van 1 leden

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Werken van Shena Mackay

The Orchard on Fire (1995) 358 exemplaren
Heligoland (2003) 99 exemplaren
Dunedin (1992) 72 exemplaren
Music Upstairs (1965) 52 exemplaren
The Virago Book of Such Devoted Sisters (1993) — Redacteur — 44 exemplaren
The Artist's Widow (1998) 43 exemplaren
A Bowl of Cherries (1984) 39 exemplaren
Dreams of Dead Women's Handbags (1987) 33 exemplaren
Old Crow (1967) 27 exemplaren
An Advent Calendar (1971) 21 exemplaren
Redhill Rococo (1986) 16 exemplaren
Babies in Rhinestones (1983) 10 exemplaren
Friendship: An Anthology (1997) 8 exemplaren
Collected Short Stories (1994) 7 exemplaren
Dancing On the Outskirts (2015) 7 exemplaren
Death by Art Deco (1995) 6 exemplaren
The Laughing Academy (1993) 3 exemplaren
Toddler on the run; 2 exemplaren
O Pomar em Chamas (2000) 1 exemplaar

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The Penguin Book of International Women's Stories (1996) — Medewerker — 113 exemplaren
The Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories (1990) — Medewerker — 100 exemplaren
Revenge: Short Stories by Women Writers (1986) — Medewerker — 49 exemplaren
The Virago Book of Wanderlust and Dreams (1998) — Medewerker — 36 exemplaren
The Secret Self: A Century of Short Stories by Women (1995) — Medewerker — 33 exemplaren
Best Short Stories 1991 (1991) — Medewerker — 15 exemplaren
TLS Short Stories (2003) — Medewerker — 12 exemplaren

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Little sparkless at the beginning but once I was drawn in I was held. Aching story lines were told in such a gentle, truly childlike way. Quirky and powerful.
 
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Martialia | 4 andere besprekingen | Sep 28, 2022 |
A dark tale which reveals the mores of adult deliquency towards raising children in the 1950s. Beautiful writing, with some astonishing metaphors and similies. Far from uplifting, but highly memeorable.
 
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celerydog | 4 andere besprekingen | Oct 24, 2021 |
Sheena MacKay conjures up childhood in 1950s Kent very vividly in this story of April, the daughter of the Harlency's who take over the Copper Kettle Tearoom in a village in Kent, and her best friend, Ruby, whose parents run the local pub.
 
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sianpr | 4 andere besprekingen | Jun 26, 2016 |
Picked up off the bookshelf in our holiday cottage - by Darren actually who thought I might like it based on the fact that he'd read another of Mackay's books years ago. And I did. Found it all a bit flowery at first (mostly due to reading it hot on the heels of Ian McEwan I think) but it paints a vivid picture of a 1950s village childhood. Some aspects of it I found a bit stereotypical but in the end they didn't distract from the overall tale.
 
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nocto | 4 andere besprekingen | Dec 13, 2010 |

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24
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8
Leden
974
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#26,441
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3.2
Besprekingen
8
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95
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