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Outside Inside
A story of love, betrayal and cider. “The only option was to run away. She’d created the perfect excuse.” When Miriam makes a break for adventure, she meets Paul in the Flying Horse Café. He gives her a lift down south in an old van and soon she is having the time of her life. But a dark secret from Paul’s past threatens to destroy everything.
312 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 23, 2011
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October 21, 2017
I feel like all of my reviews have to start with "I'm terrible at writing reviews."
This book had an easy going sort of feel, if that makes sense. Even though it dealt with heavy issues (murder and death, terrorism, sexual harassment, suicide, mental illness), everything came up Milhouse because life is good.
Outside Inside is about two people wanting to escape the traumas in their life. They meet and apparently are exactly what the other one needs. I'm not usually big into romance, but I feel like the romance in this novel isn't the main plot line. It's more about escape and urban survivalism (if that term makes sense....I had thought the author had portrayed homelessness in a romanticized way, but then I realized, this book isn't about homelessness at all).
Even if you aren't as jazzed about the book from my review, it might be worth it just to find out the punchline to the joke "what's a chicken's favorite tv show?" Sorry, no spoilers.
This book had an easy going sort of feel, if that makes sense. Even though it dealt with heavy issues (murder and death, terrorism, sexual harassment, suicide, mental illness), everything came up Milhouse because life is good.
Outside Inside is about two people wanting to escape the traumas in their life. They meet and apparently are exactly what the other one needs. I'm not usually big into romance, but I feel like the romance in this novel isn't the main plot line. It's more about escape and urban survivalism (if that term makes sense....I had thought the author had portrayed homelessness in a romanticized way, but then I realized, this book isn't about homelessness at all).
Even if you aren't as jazzed about the book from my review, it might be worth it just to find out the punchline to the joke "what's a chicken's favorite tv show?" Sorry, no spoilers.
February 2, 2025
Grange has a real gift for creating wonderfully realistic and empathetic characters and as with her follow up to this book (Distortion) I found myself emerged in a very believable world. Although I think this novel will have a particular appeal for anyone with experience of the UK festival scene and ‘alternative lifestyles’ it certainly isn’t exclusively for that readership. Beautifully paced and evocatively described. I felt utterly engaged in the world of Outside Inside and would happily have remained inside it for much longer.
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