A Gathering Light

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  A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly 464pp, Bloomsbury, £12.99 The murder of Grace Brown in 1906 was the inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy , for the 1951 movie starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, and now for this ou ... (read full critics)

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  I picked it up in the library without knowing anything about it, and discovered later that it is considered "young adult" literature. I quite liked it anyway: the tough rural life of the beginning of XX century, the hopes and desires of a young woman torn between duty to her family and yearning for ... (continue)

  I picked it up in the library without knowing anything about it, and discovered later that it is considered "young adult" literature. I quite liked it anyway: the tough rural life of the beginning of XX century, the hopes and desires of a young woman torn between duty to her family and yearning for a different life. In touches on dramatic issues (illness, death, women condition) but manages hilarious chapters, too.
  I also liked how the author choose to show from the main character point of view that things are not black-and-white, but that everything can be judged by different standpoints.

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• English Books
• Paperback 383 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0747570639
• ISBN-13: 9780747570639
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Pub date: May 03, 2004
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Audio Cassette

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