[ebooktalk] Re: Alison Pearson
- From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 18:00:31 +0100
David, The only other book of Alison Pearson's that I am aware of is called
"I Think I Love You", a semi-autobiographical novel about a David Cassidy
fan. Not your type of book, I think. It is very funny, but very girlie.
Trish.
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[mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Russell
Sent: 08 May 2013 17:56
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: KEVIN
Trish,
I remember the Alison Pearson book. Not at all the kind of book I normally
read, but I loved it and loved the main character. I wonder what else she
has written? I know she used to write regular columns for one of the daily
papers, the Mirror I think.
I am pretty sure I scanned "I don't know how she does it", but it was a few
years ago now.
David
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On Behalf Of Trish Talbot
Sent: 08 May 2013 17:22
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: KEVIN
Yes, Clare, I can see your point, and now understand why you took against
Eva so much.
Have you read "I Don't Know How She Does It" by Alison Pearson? That's also
about the mother of young children who is trying to have a career. I
thought it was very funny, and felt that she certainly loved her children,
but wonder how you would feel about it.
Trish.
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[mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Clare Gailans
Sent: 08 May 2013 10:11
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: KEVIN
I have only read one Jodi Picoult book, House Rules, and that was quite
recently for Bookworms. I had shied away from trying her, but enjoyed this
one more than I expected to, so will definitely give Nineteen Minutes a go
now, didn't know it was about feelings towards parenting, though I knew she
went in for big themes. Eva - well, I think my feelings were caused by my
having a somewhat irrational blind spot, probably because I never
experienced anything but enormous love for my children, however frustrating
life could be in other ways, as a blind person trying to function in the
sighted world particularly, and however many headaches the girls gave me,
really only for short periods (fortunately not simultaneously) in their
teens. I know not everybody wants children, or is comfortable with them, but
I was very soon extremely angry with Eva because of the way she expressed
this. Of course I can't remember any examples now, having read the book in
about 2006. I'm afraid I also don't do well, perhaps because we were lucky
not to have to face such decisions, with books where the (usually) mother
spends many pages whinging about not being able to have a life, by which she
usually means career, because arrangements for the children give her so much
grief. A book of this sort which was very clever, leaving me wondering what
the author's own views were, was the Playdate by Louise Millar. I think we
read this here. It's an awful title, but a very gripping book. When I said I
don't do well with such books I suppose I meant that I have a similar blind
spot about such characters, not being able to put aside my own prejudices in
order to try to identify with them. Clare
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