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160 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1979
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Ursula Holden
24 books1 followerUrsula Holden is the English author of thirteen novels, some inspired by the years she lived in Ireland.
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July 14, 2024
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This book is fucked up but oddly charming. I found myself becoming attached to the sisters that lead this book. It's a bit difficult of a book to get into the flow of, with nearly every paragraph changing character perspective and giving polarising insight into the various unsavoury (and savoury) thoughts of any and nearly every character the girls, Hope and Joanna, meet.
The writing style of Ursula Holden really grew on me as I read this little book that I picked up in a second hand bookstore and bought due to its cover, age, and a quick skim of a random page - I recommend others try this way of blind reading as it exposes you to new books you'd never usually read, it's cheap, and it keeps older more niche literature alive.
Anyway, is this a book I'd recommend? Yes, but only if you like coming of age works that makes you feel a bit traumatised. It's not very long, has an interesting writing style, and is entirely unflinching and uncensored with its use of stream of consciousness. This is a coming of age book about two teenage girls, and it's by far not a happy one. I wouldn't recommend anyone under 15 read this.
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Grooming, neglect, rape, suicide, illness, death, some underage drinking, some violence, some mentions of incest.
This book is fucked up but oddly charming. I found myself becoming attached to the sisters that lead this book. It's a bit difficult of a book to get into the flow of, with nearly every paragraph changing character perspective and giving polarising insight into the various unsavoury (and savoury) thoughts of any and nearly every character the girls, Hope and Joanna, meet.
The writing style of Ursula Holden really grew on me as I read this little book that I picked up in a second hand bookstore and bought due to its cover, age, and a quick skim of a random page - I recommend others try this way of blind reading as it exposes you to new books you'd never usually read, it's cheap, and it keeps older more niche literature alive.
Anyway, is this a book I'd recommend? Yes, but only if you like coming of age works that makes you feel a bit traumatised. It's not very long, has an interesting writing style, and is entirely unflinching and uncensored with its use of stream of consciousness. This is a coming of age book about two teenage girls, and it's by far not a happy one. I wouldn't recommend anyone under 15 read this.
Trigger List: (Warning potential spoilers ahead)
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Grooming, neglect, rape, suicide, illness, death, some underage drinking, some violence, some mentions of incest.
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