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Kingdom Of Childhood (2011)

by Rebecca Coleman(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1848450702 (ISBN13: 9781848450707)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Mira Books

review 1: The book jacket states this is a "love story" and "The most anticipated and controversial novel of the year"....a lot of hype over what is really quite a bland, and at times irritating, novel. The obvious comparison is to Zoe Heller's "Notes on a Scandal" which, in my opinion, is a much better book.Judy is a 40-something teacher who becomes besotted with Zach a 16 year old student at the same school; Judy's relationship with her husband is floundering, and she doesn't get on with her boss, or many of the teachers. All in all she seems a rather difficult woman, and not one I could identify or sympathise with. I found the hopping back to her childhood in West Germany served no useful purpose, and of no real interest.....just padding. There was no depth or flow to this book, ... moreno characters to sympathise with, and not even great writing. One other thing that irked me was the promise of learning something of the "controversial Waldorf School movement", which I must admit, I had never heard of. The book failed on that count, so I looked it up on Wiki, and learned more there than between the pages of this really rather bland offering from Ms Coleman.This would not encourage me to read anything Ms Coleman writes in the future, and I can't say I would recommend it to my friends or family.
review 2: ADULTA kindergarten teacher at a K-12 Waldorf school has an affair with a high school student, who is also friends with her son.Ugh. This story was so gross that I wanted to take a shower afterwards. Usually I can transcend subject matter, but this book was just really creepy. I had to go into my daughter's room afterwards and pick up one of her princess chapter books for a palate cleanser. I can't think of anyone that I'd want to recommend this to. Moving on... less

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