I apologize for not having a count this week. I'll guess five. For various mundane reasons, I lost count. At any rate, I did pick a favorite. This week's pick is Jacqueline Winspear's Pardonable Lies.
I'm relatively unfamiliar with the setting of London between the Wars, so I cannot judge how accurately the book depicts the time period, but I will tell you that it feels real. The story is filled with upheaval, both mental and physical; with anguish and acceptance; fearlessness and anxiety. That idea that, having survived the War to End All Wars, we have to grieve our fallen and grab what's left to us with both hands permeates almost every character in the book.
Maisie Dobbs, the main character in the story, embodies the dicotomy beautifully. She has come through the war in one piece physically, but internally fragmented.
Despite the fact that this book is listed as a mystery (and has those elements in it), the tale itself is more that of a young woman moving forward and struggling with memories (good and bad) inbetween wars.
2 comments:
I happened to stumble across somebody else's blog post concerning a female English-style crime fiction writer and wondered if you'd be interested, or if you already had an opinion on the author.
I haven't read Elizabeth George, although I have added her to my "look for" list at the library. Amazon.com keeps putting her on my Recommended list. Maybe one day she'll make a Friday Book Blog.
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