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Laura's Handmade Life (2011)

by Amanda Addison(Favorite Author)

3.1 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0751545341 (ISBN13: 9780751545340)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

review 1: This was such an irritating book to read. It felt like reading the diary of a conceited housewife. The characters were either so flat you often forgot who was who, or caricatures of a stereotype. The story felt like it was meandering aimlessly and I quickly lost interest in what would happen next. The only thing that stopped me from putting it down completely was the hope that something would happen at the end to tie it all together, but it just sort of ended abruptly as if the author got tired of writing such a boring book.
review 2: Light, determinedly cheerful take on the pleasures and pitfalls of relocating a London creative lifestyle to the countryside. I for one very much identified with Laura’s frantic attempts to re-make a life while juggling home, fa... moremily and career. I suspect that many happy success stories of smart women finding creative fulfilment through cottagey lifestyles are won through just the kinds of struggles Laura tackles with charm, wit and intelligence. Addison knows whereof she writes; under her narrator’s disarmingly chirpy surface is some very pointed social commentary. I found it refreshing and very enjoyable. less

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