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Come To The Edge (2012)

by Joanna Kavenna(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1780872135 (ISBN13: 9781780872131)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Quercus

review 1: Struggling with how to rate this book. I really wanted to like it, and I really did, for a while. It was a breeze to read. I loved its irreverence, wit, and the sharpness of the critique of consumerist culture. But I wasn't always sure I liked the style of Kavenna's prose. And ultimately the novel felt too light, too thin - as if it could have, and should have, been so much more. I was left feeling slightly confused and disappointed.
review 2: Wonderful book! Set in England's Lake District, it is narrated by a woman who has separated from her husband and who answers an advertisement to act as a 'companion' for another woman living in the Duddon valley who has very decided views about the modern world, contrary to most of received opinions and views. The story b... moreasically tells of the take over of a large number of unoccupied second homes which are given to deserving locals. of course, it all ends unhappily. Much of the story is told by the separated, unnamed, woman as a record of her thoughts. It cause you to think about much of what we take for granted in our every day lives less

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