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Bezig met laden... The Western Light (2012)door Susan Swan
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This should be read by every high school student. A great coming-of-age novel which shows the confusion of what goes on inside a 12-year-old girl's head. Page 307: Now it's time for me to get to the part of my story where I learn what I needed to learn all along: most of the truths we seek lie in the extremes and although we have to travel to that rugged place to feel them in our bones, the extremes are no place to live. (...) I write a three-page letter to Big Louie explaining that I will soon be a teenager so I'm changing my name to M.B. Bradford. My grandmother phones me immediately. "Congratulations, Mouse. You're about to reach the age of aching," Big Louie says. "Let's hope your aching doesn't last very long." geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Mouse's world is constrained by a number of factors: her mother is dead, her father - the admired country doctor - is emotionally distant, her housekeeper Sal is prejudiced and narrow, and her grandmother and aunt, Big Louie and Little Louie, the only life-affirming presences in her life, live in another city. Enter Gentleman John Pilkie, the former NHL star who's transferred to the mental hospital in Madoc's Landing, where he is to serve out his life-sentence for the murder of his wife and daughter. John becomes a point of fascination for young Mary, who looks to him for the attention she does not receive from her father. He, in turn, is kind to her - but the kindness is misunderstood. When Mary figures out that the attention she receives from the Hockey Killer is different in kind and intent from the attention her Aunt Little Louie receives, her world collapses. Set against the beautiful and dramatic shore of Georgian Bay, the climax will have readers turning pages with concern for characters they can't help but love. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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This is a comfortable read in the sense that the setting is recognizably Canadian and the story includes the Leafs/Canadiens rivalry and a long, cold winter. Well written. Good, not great. ( )