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In The Company Of Strangers (2012)

by Liz Byrski(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

174261129X (ISBN13: 9781742611297)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

PanMacmillan Australia

review 1: Another very readable book from liz Byrski, who explores the problems and issues that can arrive in life as people reach mature age. This is well written with an intersting story line and characters that are very real. My only criticism is that the ending seemed a little contrived, and in the last chapter I felt the author was espousing her own(very laudble)views, perhaps at the expense of the story. For all that I enjoyed it very much.
review 2: I loved the sense of community that author Liz Byrski created at Benson’s Reach; what a perfect work environment it would be to work in. I have spent time in Margaret River in Western Australia and felt comfortable in the setting. IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS is a complex story where the plot is interwoven with back... more stories of family relationships, friendship, love, betrayal and loss. It follows a few different characters who have all come from various backgrounds and age groups and are mostly strangers to each other when the story opens. Of the characters I was least drawn to Lesley who I felt needed a good shaking and very upset at Paula’s storyline, why did the author not see any salvageable qualities in her life. Still in real life people don’t always get on, and often we don’t try and understand the reasons behind the behaviour of people we come across, so an unlikable character is not out of the question. One aspect I really this Byrski did well was how the shameful story of the UK Child Migrant Scheme is interwoven into the story. Never in your face, or even the main focus, yet has it subtly affected the story from start to finish. less

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