pickThe second novel I've read by Hadley and again, I'm left unsure! Set post WW2 in Bristol, I appreciated the local setting and the sister relationship. It's a very short novel, just a few days in their week. They attend a party, leading to another party and we learn about their home life and aspirations.
so-soI can accept that this is nicely written, and some people will like it very much, but I‘m afraid this coming-of-age story of two sisters, set in post-war Bristol didn‘t really move me.
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Ride on! ride on in majesty! / In lowly pomp ride on to die. Or, Thou, most kind and gentle death, / Waiting to hush our latest breath, / O praise him, alleluia! It perplexed Evelyn that there was such a mismatch between the lurid passionate words of the hymns and the tame chit-chat of the congregation at the end of services, when any mention of death - or for that matter lowly pomp, or even riding - would have seemed jarring and excessive.
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