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Gale seems to be allergic to punctuation which doesn't help his sloppy sentence composition, words appearing in the wrong place or lazing around the edges l...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 09:15:01 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 09:33:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 13:16:55 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 06:17:17 -0700 2009
I didn't like it very much. It was predictable and felt artificial in its style. There were many irritating little inaccuracies that just...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 11:57:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 08:14:37 -0700 2009 http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7357...


This was my first Patrick Gale novel, so I had no preconceived ideas and am delighted to say that I found it absolutely engrossing. I will certainly be on the look out for other titles by this author in future.
The story is a powerful ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Feb 27 02:20:18 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 15:22:53 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 05:26:53 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 05:26:53 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 02:12:13 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 02:15:15 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 23:30:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 23:36:30 -0700 2009 Loved this book, a sprawling tale of what a family find out about their bi=polar artist mother after she dies. The a...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 11:05:07 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 11:06:07 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Dec 26 14:36:49 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:39:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 22 11:05:59 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 03:58:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 20 05:38:58 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 12:41:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 05:26:36 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 05:35:29 -0800 2008
Novel concerning the life of Rachel Kelly, an artist, and her family. Based in Cornwall it has a good sense of the landscape and you could probably find your way round using this book as a map. The artist is bipolar and this topic is dealt ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Dec 30 12:13:40 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 11 13:12:10 -0700 2008 enormous cats
soothing depressives
cp. Kundera?
glitch in Hed's flashbacks?
after much thought still dislike that need to have every woman raped/sexually abused though; too much, all the other real historical badness of those places enoug...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 15:53:04 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 15:53:16 -0800 2008 This was my first Patrick Gale novel, and I certainly will be reading more of his!
I have a friend who is a Quaker, and she's very like Gale's portrayal of Antony - always calm and always seeing and reacting to the best in everybody. I toyed with it myself some year...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 13:38:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:03:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 09:35:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 09:39:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:33:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 18:52:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 04 16:16:02 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 16:18:02 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1464015