Claire Rayner (1931–2010)
Auteur de The Rand McNally Atlas of the Body and Mind
A propos de l'auteur
Journalist, author and social campaigner Claire Rayner was born in London, England on January 22, 1931. She trained as a nurse at the Royal Northern Hospital School of Nursing and worked as a midwife. She was considered an authority on child care and medical subjects and wrote numerous articles and afficher plus books on such topics as sex education, home nursing, and family health. She also wrote fiction novels including the Poppy Chronicles, the Performers series, the Dr. George Barnabas Mystery series, and the Quentin Quartet series. As a journalist, she wrote an agony column and contributed to newspapers, magazines, and medical journals. In 1996, she received an OBE for her service to women's and health issues. She died on October 11, 2010 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Claire Rayner
Séries
Œuvres de Claire Rayner
Successful Grandparenting: The Essential Guide to One of Life's Most Rewarding Relationships (Readers Digest) (1997) 4 exemplaires
Virus Man by Claire Rayner (1998-07-24) 2 exemplaires
Spectrum atlas van het menselijk lichaam 1 exemplaire
Housework the easy way 1 exemplaire
Family Circus 1 exemplaire
What happens in hospital 1 exemplaire
Dat ben jij 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Outspoken Women: An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870-1969 (2005) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Rayner, Claire
- Nom légal
- Rayner, Claire Berenice
- Autres noms
- Berk, Claire Berenice (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1931-01-22
- Date de décès
- 2010-10-11
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Harrow, London, England, UK
- Études
- City of London School for Girls
Royal Northern Hospital School of Nursing, Holloway, London - Professions
- agony aunt
journalist
health care activist
nurse
novelist - Relations
- Rayner, Jay (son)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 95
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 673
- Popularité
- #37,521
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 394
- Langues
- 6
With the first book, I was entertained by the story and characters, with this one, I got more involved and could feel empathy for the characters: Abel, who couldn't let go of his feelings for Lilith, Dorothea, who gave all her affection to her son to make up for her husband's rejection, Jonah, who got too little love from his father and too much from his mother, Celia, who suffered so much emotional abuse from her callous mother.... and then there was Abby, a teenage girl in love with a man more than twice her age.
Two scenes that stuck in my mind (and I won't go into detail and be a spoiler) were the confrontation between Lilith and Dorothea over Jonah, where the differences in their personalities was so profound and, towards the end of the novel, where Lilith wants to make her aware of the hold she still has over Abel, and now Jonah as well, leading to a dramatic conclusion.
The same goes for another scene, this time between Lilith and her daughter, where Celia finds the courage to stand up to her heartless mother and assert her independence.
This book, along with the first, needs to become a movie. Why that hasn't all ready happened, I can't figure out, especially with the British love for historical series and romances.
I just want to end by saying that, while I read a few of the later books in the series, they didn't capture my interest like the first two,. which explains why I can't remember much about them. What I do remember is that they lost something special that the first two had.… (plus d'informations)