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Cousins |
The story revolves around three generations of the Tye family. A terrible accident to student Will at the beginning brings everyone together to deal with the aftermath, then family secrets emerge as the story unfolds. Narrated by Will's sister Letta, their grandmother Betsy and aunt Bell, the book deals with some very difficult moral questions and decisions, and several times left me pondering - what would I do in that situation?
(Mary Standing - bwl 84 Spring 2017) |
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Miss Garnet's Angel |
Do not be put off by the Miss Marple-ish title. You will soon forget St. Mary Mead as Miss Garnet wanders through the mystical streets of Venice. The discoveries she makes about good and evil, sexuality, art and religion all conspire to change her perspective of life. Salley Vickers' joyful combination of reality and the ethereal left me full of hope and with a longing to return to Venice.
(Judith Peppitt - bwl 9 June 2001) |
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Miss Garnet's Angel |
Two stories intriguingly intertwined - Julia Garnet breaks the mundane habits of a lifetime and moves to Venice for six months to live in the Campo Angelo Raffaele. The story of her new experiences and the people she meets alternates with the story of Tobias and the Archangel Raphael and is written with the same matter-of-fact clarity about both these very different worlds and the emotional awakening of two people living thousands of years apart.
(Jane Grey-Edwards - bwl 28 February 2005) |
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Mr Golightly's Holiday |
I was drawn to this book by the extract from the first chapter printed at the end of Miss Garnet's Angel. The lively characters living in a small village in the present day are depicted with great clarity and understanding and the story describes the effect on their lives of a visitor from a very different background. The eventual realisation of what this was came as a complete surprise! At least it did to me.
(Jane Grey-Edwards - bwl 28 February 2005) |
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