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Chargement... Acts and Omissions (2014)par Catherine Fox
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Re-read, because I picked up a paperback in a charity shop to supplement my existing ebook, and then recommended it to somebody else ('if you like what I do, you might like this'). I think this is probably the strongest of the Lindchester books, and it's certainly one that steps on fewer of my personal sore spots. Anyway, it's a huge amount of fun, and painfully well-observed. Acts and Omissions by Catherine Fox from SPCK Publishing is set in the fictional diocese of Lindchester. It follows the lives of the clergy and those whose lives are tied up with them through a year of their life. All life, all colour, all flovours of the church are characters here. There is plenty of romance, will they/won't they and the stuff of life and ministry. The story is very firmly rooted in the Church of England and it's life and practices, but having been a Minister in a cathedral town, I recognize the characters and the life of a Cathedral Close. It is interesting to have a novel set so firmly in church culture and happenings, probably not something you would find anywhere else. It is not a parody or assumption of what goes off among the lives of clergy, as mush fiction that involves the church is, but from someone who knows. That shows through ans I am grateful for the honesty of it. It goes a long way to showing that the lives of the clergy are quite normal, and not as rarefied as those outside seem to think. I was slightly uncomfortable about the 'Is or isn't the Bishop gay?' theme that runs through much of the book. Having their sexuality questioned and gossiped about is a reality that so many have to live with, and is very painful; but maybe that is the point of raising it - to make people think. All in all, it is an enjoyable story of real, human, rounded characters, with all their failings and foibles - with some real moments of hope and healing. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The Bishop of Lindchester is happily married with four daughters. But does he have a secret? Archdeacon Matt is inclined to think not. That said, it’s obvious to him that Bishop Paul’s got a pretty big bee in his mitre about the brilliant but troubled Freddie May . . . Welcome to the fictional Diocese of Lindchester, where you will be taken (dear reader) on a yearlong romp in the company of bishops, priests and lay people. Prepare yourself for a bumpy and hilarious ride from the rarefied heights of the Cathedral Close down to the coalface of ordinary urban and rural parishes. Acts and Omissions reveals the Church of England in all its mess and glory. It is a world shot through with grace, but one where even the best intentioned err and stray. And occasionally do those things which they ought not to have done . . . Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Good understanding of church life in the suburbs as well as in the Cathedral, and explains the hierarchy for those not in the know, and to me who ought to know. Sensitive to country side and nice nature writing. Might be worth checking the next in the series. ( )