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Wives of the Fishermen
by
Angela Huth
Beautiful Annie Macleoud and plain Myrtle Duns cannot remember a time when they were not the most loving of friends, unflinchingly loyal to each other in the harsh climate of the South fishing village that is their home. When Myrtle embarks upon the great and passionate love affair of her life, beautiful Annie finds only disappointment. Still their friendship survives, unt...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
January 5th 2000
by Harper Perennial
(first published March 5th 1998)
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This was a sweet story about two very different friends. The setting is Scotland and I found myself drinking a lot of tea while reading this. I love everything about Myrtle's character and was engaged and interested in finishing this book. I would catagorize it women's fiction and a love story.
This is an out of print book but deals with the relatiionship between two girls as they grow up in a very small fishing town in Scotland. The girls are very different but still stay very close friends until a horrible accident.
Angela Huth's writing has a feel for rich detail, rich characters without fussiness. There is a simplicity and pureness that is very appealing in her literary approach to the story of everyday people, everyday lives.
Love the description of the Scottish village where this takes place. The location is (almost) the most interesting character in the book.
Identified with the main character. Loved the setting. Hard to imagine living such a simple life. One of my favorites!
My Parisian friend Isabelle lent me this book just before I left Paris so I read it on the plane. It is a very well-written book that skillfully unfolds the history of a friendship between two women who live in a small fishing village on the east coast of Scotland. It offers a window to a world very much affected by harsh weather and few economic opportunities. But the book's power rests in the pull and push of circumstance against character. For those who are interested in the mysterious labyri...more
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I was surprised at how much I got into this story. I thought it would be a so-so read, but it was a great one. I recommended it to a fellow reader and she also loved it.
The feeling of doom invaded the story, and I was saddened when the worst happened for the main character. But the ending was satisfactory and left me with a nice little glow. (Don't want to give too much away.)
The feeling of doom invaded the story, and I was saddened when the worst happened for the main character. But the ending was satisfactory and left me with a nice little glow. (Don't want to give too much away.)
Tale of two friends, flashbacks to childhood. They probably shouldn't have been friends -- one staid and plain, the other flighty and beautiful. The story's slanted in favor of the plain woman who ultimately finds happiness with the men too smart to be pulled in by the other woman.
I thought this was a lovely book. It details the long friendship between flighty Annie and dependable Myrtle in a small Irish town where the men go out to fish, leaving the women on the shore hoping they will return safely. Widowed,
Myrtle grieves and yet reaches out reliably to those around her.
Myrtle grieves and yet reaches out reliably to those around her.
Took a while to get into but still an easy read to switch off from everything. End again could have been a bit more detail but having read 2 of her books must be her way.
Bitter sweet story of a friendship between two women of opposite natures. Set in a fishing village in Scotland.
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Daughter of actor Harold Huth, english novelist Angela Huth married journalist and travel writer Quentin Crewe in the 1960s and with him had a daughter. She presented programmes on the BBC, including How It Is and Why and Man Alive.
She also writes plays for radio, television and stage, and is a well-known freelance journalist, critic and broadcaster. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literat...more
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She also writes plays for radio, television and stage, and is a well-known freelance journalist, critic and broadcaster. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literat...more
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