Books by Jo Baker
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review 1: This is an earlier novel by Jo Baker,author of Longbourn. It traces four generations of a lower middle class family in London through the often harsh realities life has dealt them. Starting with WWI and progressing to the present, each Hastings ancestor (Billy, Billy, Will and fi...
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review 1: I was really looking forward to this book. I thought it would be a good October read, since it's supposed to be a ghost story. It was hardly a ghost story. Or at least, it wasn't scary or eerie at all. The structure - parallel stories of Rachel and Elizabeth - took away from the ...
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review 1: Jo Baker is a superb writer, and I definitely enjoy reading her books just for the pure pleasure of the experience. This novel is ambitious and fascinating with its multigenerational perspective and the way each new section sheds a new light on the characters. Highly entertaining...
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review 1: 3.5 stars.I'm a fan of multi-generational stories and anything with a "world war" connection usually piques my interest. In this story, four generations of an English family are shaped by experiences with war -- whether first- or secondhand.My issue isn't with the writing, which ...
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review 1: People tend to feel strongly about this book, but I didn't really. I enjoyed the story. I thought it was fun and light. I'd probably recommend it. I thought that the incorporation of political and economic history of the time was well done and a nice counterpoint to P&P, which ig...