Janette Jenkins
Auteur de Little Bones
Œuvres de Janette Jenkins
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Jenkins, Janette
- Date de naissance
- 1965-04-28
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Durham, England, UK
- Études
- University of East Anglia
- Professions
- writer
- Prix et distinctions
- Alumni Fellow, University of Bolton
- Agent
- Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 109
- Popularité
- #178,011
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 25
- Favoris
- 1
The story sort of meanders back and forth between wartime in the UK and Beatrice's previous life in the States, with the flashback chapters written in various styles, such as '10 things ...' lists. I was fairly bored to begin with, I must confess, not understanding where the plot was leading, if anywhere. There are a couple of startling events, but nothing for Beatrice to 'overcome' in the end, which might be frustrating for some, but was actually refreshing for this type of novel.
I did enjoy the descriptions of Brooklyn and Coney Island, which was primarily why I chose this book, but compared to the drama of Beatrice in New York, the chapters in Lancashire feel unreal and fall horribly short, which is perhaps the intention (even though the author is from Bolton). I wish Beatrice had dropped her cardboard husband into the Atlantic and stayed in the States, but hey ho.… (plus d'informations)