Penny Faith
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Date read: 11 - 17 May 2019
Length: 273 pages
Published: 1999
Ms Hattie Gordon is trying to get her life together. A divorcee with very little job prospect and a relationship on the rocks, she is looking for more from life. Through flashbacks we piece together parts of her life and understand more of where she's been. Will Hattie have a happy ending?
There didn't really seem to be much of a plot here, and since most of the book is made up of the flashbacks, rather than a few to get to know her better, it seems a strange way to tell a story. Perhaps it might have been better written as a biographical book with the stories in order, leading up to the main point in the story.
I did like the flashbacks and I thought it was quite an interesting way to get to know more about certain points in her life. But the flashbacks jumped around so much in time you were constantly working out how old she was and what had already happened to her in life. I felt that took a little away from actually being able to relax and enjoy the story.
You never actually find out how old she is, but I'm assuming based on the flashbacks and when the book was published, she's in her late thirties. The flashbacks stop around the age of 33, but there's no real way of knowing how much time has passed since then. You also have to read a little to figure out when she was born, and then work out how old she is in each flashback based on the year given. Although it is easy enough given she's born in a round year, thank goodness!
I did enjoy the book, as is is written in an interesting way, but the plot was a bit lacking.
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Thanks,
The Wee Librocubicularist
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