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The Brontes Went To "Woolworths" (Bloomsbury Group) (1931)

by Rachel Ferguson(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1408802937 (ISBN13: 9781408802939)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

review 1: I picked this up in the library because I vaguely remembered seeing people talking about it somewhere, possibly on Girlsown. It turned out to be...odd. The main character and her family have what I believe is technically described as "a rich imaginative life", which makes the first portion of the book extremely bewildering as it's impossible to tell which characters are real and which imaginary. That improves a bit after a while, and they all go on holiday to an exceptionally dreary part of Yorkshire, where they are so bored that they hold a seance (as you do), and in consequence return home in a hurry. Then they get to know the actual real-life people that they have been busy making up stories about for the last three years, and that's a bit bumpy, but it fairly much work... mores out. And then there is a messy bit with ghosts and governesses, and I sort of ended up wondering what the point of it all was.
review 2: Wow. It seems like a standard cozy English between-the-wars women's novel and it turns out to be so much more intriguing and quirky than that. Initially the quirks annoyed me, and I was afraid I would hate this book. (It's always awkward to hate a book someone gave you for your birthday BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR IT.) And I have to admit I'm glad I read reader reviews and spoilers, or I would have had no idea what was going on for most of the first half. By the end, though, I was enjoying it very much and became very fond of the characters. I loved it, actually. less

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