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The Grotto
Love in all its aspects is the theme of this novel - from heterosexual to homosexual, love of self, of children, of animals and of God. Set in Sicily and Australia between the wars, it tells of Gwen, a "child of great love", on whom, according to the first line, "there is a special curse".
520 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
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August 16, 2019
2.5 stars
This fiction was enjoyable for about 2/3 of the book, then it bogged down with the protagonist acting like a drama queen that has more money than she deserves. She only became wealthy in the last third of the book, so perhaps this is a message from the author. A lot of the characters are hysterical with each other and others and it becomes frustrating, as you want to slap them and say"calm down."
A young woman is the product of a great love between a man and a woman who regard her as an intruder into their personal paradise. She spends the years she lives in this book angry that she can't be loved like her mother was loved by her father. She tries to keep her lovers enthralled to her with sex, and it never lasts. Duh. Half a point for setting, beginning in a small town in Sicily and ending in Sydney.
This fiction was enjoyable for about 2/3 of the book, then it bogged down with the protagonist acting like a drama queen that has more money than she deserves. She only became wealthy in the last third of the book, so perhaps this is a message from the author. A lot of the characters are hysterical with each other and others and it becomes frustrating, as you want to slap them and say"calm down."
A young woman is the product of a great love between a man and a woman who regard her as an intruder into their personal paradise. She spends the years she lives in this book angry that she can't be loved like her mother was loved by her father. She tries to keep her lovers enthralled to her with sex, and it never lasts. Duh. Half a point for setting, beginning in a small town in Sicily and ending in Sydney.
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