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A Month in the Country

J.L. Carr,

Michael Holroyd

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Nov 02, 2014 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it it was amazing

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I can't say enough about a Month in the Country. Tom Birkin is a WWI vet, traumatized by the war and a bad marriage, who takes a job in a country church uncovering an old mural. It's a healing summer for Tom, with friendships and work that helps him rethink religion, marriage, and even life. A Month in the Country is a short read, a one-night read even, so I can't think of a single reason why you shouldn't take it on. Somehow, in reading it, after a long string of current novel disappointments, ...more

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Nov 10, 2008 Bogdan rated it really liked it

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This novel was very interesting to me because it treates a subject not so common in what I call war literature: the recovery of the world after attrocities of a war. And the attrocities of World War I were extreme for that time. Recovery then it is so much more difficult, but always possible. I also enjoyed the style of the writing.
My copy of this is in romanian.

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