[ebooktalk] Re: November discussion book
- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:15:55 -0000
The only other book I know of by Louisa Young is a biography of her
grandmother, who was the wife of captain Scott, which presumably means he
was Louisa's grandfather, but that came from the depths of my memory, so may
not be entirely accurate.
David
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Trish, I found some of the descriptions of the surgery to Purefoy's face
very disturbing to read, because of the details, but that's not to say I
wouldn't have wanted them to be there as it was also fascinating. The war
certainly made a huge difference to the knowledge of how to treat such
injuries and I doubt todays treatments would have been anywhere near as
successful if it hadn't been for those poor people coming back from the war.
Clare, I agree, that though I read this book a few months ago now that it
has stayed really fresh in my memory, where so many other books start to
fade. I wonder if this is her only book?
David, I too thought that the comparisons between Julia's self inflicted
injuries and Purefoy's war wounds were very well done and I also grew to
like Julia by the end.
Clare, I found Pat Barker's books quite hard going, though I did enjoy them.
This one I felt was much more interesting and not quite as bleak.
I haven't read the Susan Hill, but one book I can recommend that was similar
to this one was Sebastian Barry's A long, Long Way, though I still feel
Louisa Young was far superior.
I am sure this will be in my top 10 books of the year.
Shell.
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