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by Heather Gudenkauf
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What an amazing story.....I can't believe what these children lived like & how they overcame what they did to become the adults they did.... ]]>
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I read this book as a challenge from a book group I belong to. We were asked to find & read 2 books from our birth year. On The Beach was one of the 2 I chose.
It was interesting to me to read a book written in 1957 & to see how things were viewed at that time as far as wars & nuclear weapons.....this book could have been written now....
I found it an easy read, I wanted to keep reading it but I also had some issues with some of the military technical terms & some of the Aussie language but overall it was a very good & well written book that has stood the test of time.....Nevil Shute died a few years after the book was written.
I don't want to say too much about the actual story & ruin it for others. The way people handled themselves day-to-day was fascinating....from denial, to looking towards the future, to thoughts of suicide...very emotional book..... ]]>
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