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She is in the fortunate position of having a great deal of her work in print. I ought to tell you from the beginning that i am not quite normal, having had a violent experience at the age of nine. Jessica vye, a 12yearold girl living in yorkshire during world war two, introduces herself on the first page of jane gardam s a long way from verona by saying. Gardam s first book was a childrens novel, a long way from verona, a yearold girls firstperson narrative, was published in 1971. Kindle store buy a kindle free kindle reading apps kindle.
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Gardams wonderful first novel i capture the castle got a deal darker, and somewhat weirder jane gardam is a most felicitous, and most. I ought to tell you at the beginning that i am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine jessica vyes violent experience colours her schooldays and her reaction to the world around her a confining world of order marks, wartime restrictions, viyella dresses, nicelyrestrained essays and dusty tea shops. Lee a long way from verona por jane gardam disponible en rakuten kobo. Oct 26, 2015 a long way from verona by jane gardam in djvu, doc, epub download ebook. Nov 30, 20 praise for a long way from verona a long way from verona is a brilliant, witty, and agonizingly truetolife novel. Novelist jane gardam was born jean mary pearson in coatham, north yorkshire on july 11, 1928. A final section is less successful as gardam searches for a truthful ending. Join us for a reading group discussion of the man in the wooden hat by jane gardam. The story jumps around some, like its lead characters, and if you need something else to hang onto in a long way from verona, there are asides that youre bound to cherish. Lucasta miller meets jane gardam books the guardian.
Jul 29, 2005 gardam began her fiction career with a childrens novel, a long way from verona, and a book of childrens short stories, a few fair days, both published in 1971. A long way from verona ebook by jane gardam rakuten kobo. A long way from verona kindle edition by gardam, jane. Her understanding of character and use of language are both remarkable. Buy a long way from verona by jane gardam from waterstones today. The young protagonist, a born writer, as she is told by a published novelist who reads her work, is a feisty, fascinating, and compelling figure who falls in and quickly out of love with a. This week i read a long way from verona, newly released by europa editions, having. Jane gardam has been writing for a long time, and has published many novels. Verona is, in fact, never mentioned in the book, although there are a couple of references to romeo and juliet, and an italian prisonerofwar plays a minor role.
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