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It Takes A Village
"In her second novel, Christine Stinson does an excellent job … This is Australian life in the 1950s when everyone knew who lived in all the houses in the street." – The Age newspaper.
Eight-year-old Sophie lives in a world of secrets and whispers. She has just been told that she’s a “bastard,” and her father's identity is unknown. With only her reclusive grandfather to rai...more
Eight-year-old Sophie lives in a world of secrets and whispers. She has just been told that she’s a “bastard,” and her father's identity is unknown. With only her reclusive grandfather to rai...more
Paperback, 323 pages
Published
May 1st 2011
by Pan Macmillan Australia
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Australian author Christine Stinson's first novel was the marvellously witty and engaging, Getting Even with Fran. That story celebrates the complexity of life-long friendships, centering around a thirty-year Catholic girl's school reunion. After such a debut, Stinson's second novel, It Takes a Village, comes as a surprise.
Told from the point of view of a young orphaned girl being brought up by her shell-shocked grandfather, It Takes a Village doesn't have the biting humour of Getting Even with...more
Told from the point of view of a young orphaned girl being brought up by her shell-shocked grandfather, It Takes a Village doesn't have the biting humour of Getting Even with...more
"If you ask me, it's a scandal, the way that woman carries on"
Stinson's second novel follows Sophie from age 8 in a postwar country town in Australia. Expected by most of the village to go off the rails, as her teenaged mother did, we follow her as she grows to understand the adults around her and eventually herself - although not without plenty of adventures along the way!
As the novel opens, a neighbourhood boy has divulged a few choice truths about Sophie's parentage; she punches him in the no...more
Stinson's second novel follows Sophie from age 8 in a postwar country town in Australia. Expected by most of the village to go off the rails, as her teenaged mother did, we follow her as she grows to understand the adults around her and eventually herself - although not without plenty of adventures along the way!
As the novel opens, a neighbourhood boy has divulged a few choice truths about Sophie's parentage; she punches him in the no...more
What a gorgeous story. It's not what I usually read but I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wonderful characters that really come to life. It was like I knew them all! I absolutely loved Sophie. She had such "gumption" and she grew into a gorgeous person. And I loved Mrs Hogan, the next door neighbour who practically raises Sophie after the death of her mother and grandmother. The quest for information about her parents isn't the main focus of the book, it weaves in and out, through post-war Syd...more
This was an OK read, but I found it very predictable and a bit plodding. Nothing really stood out in terms of character or writing, so I was a bit disappointed.
A good easy read. Predictable, but lovely all the same.
good for a teenager.
I loved this book.
A nice easy read. Considering it was so short, all of the characters were so beautifully developed. A predictable ending, but very sweet none the less. I recommend this to anyone with an evening to fill.
I really lost interest in this fast. I didn't warm to the main character or any of the other characters. It was dull and kind of went nowhere. I might try again later...
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