The Children's Book

by A.S. Byatt | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 070118390X Global Overview for this book
Registered by toothfairy25 of Luncarty, Scotland United Kingdom on 5/28/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by toothfairy25 from Luncarty, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Olive Wellwood is a famous writer, interviewed with her children gathered at her knee. For each of them she writes a separate private book, bound in different colours and placed on a shelf. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins, children of a city stockbroker, and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. Into their world comes a young stranger, a working-class boy from the potteries, drawn by the beauty of the Museum's treasures. And in midsummer a German puppeteer arrives, bringing dark dramas. The world seems full of promise but the calm is already rocked by political differences, by Fabian arguments about class and free love, by the idealism of anarchists from Russia and Germany. The sons rebel against their parents' plans; the girls dream of independent futures, becoming doctors or fighting for the vote. This vivid, rich and moving saga is played out against the great, rippling tides of the day, taking us from the Kent marshes to Paris and Munich and the trenches of the Somme. Born at the end of the Victorian era, growing up in the golden summers of Edwardian times, a whole generation grew up unaware of the darkness ahead. In their innocence, they were betrayed unintentionally by the adults who loved them. In a profound sense, this novel is indeed the children's book.

Journal Entry 2 by toothfairy25 at -- Controlled Release 🤝 in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, February 27, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (3/5/2016 UTC) at -- Controlled Release 🤝 in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom

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Never got around to reading this one. Happy travels, little book!

Journal Entry 3 by toothfairy25 at Luncarty, Scotland United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (11/6/2018 UTC) at Luncarty, Scotland United Kingdom

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Mystery box addition :)

Journal Entry 4 by wingbrunton11wing at Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on Friday, May 29, 2020
Arrived safely today in the mystery box :)

Journal Entry 5 by wingbrunton11wing at Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on Friday, November 17, 2023
Due to the size of this book (600+ pages) I ended up listening to it as an audiobook. It was a slow burner and I can see why some reviewers gave up on it early on. I persevered and enjoyed it more as I learned about the characters and their intertwining stories. I feel there were big chunks of the book that could have been removed without reducing its quality.

Sadly, I’ve just read an article on the BBC that AS Byatt has died today. It was interesting to learn more about her than I probably would have done otherwise.

AVL until I find this book a new home.


Journal Entry 6 by wingbrunton11wing at Morrisons Supermarket, Upton 🛒 in Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on Monday, November 20, 2023

Released 4 mos ago (11/20/2023 UTC) at Morrisons Supermarket, Upton 🛒 in Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom

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A bit too big for the package I’m sending to restock a book shelf so I’ll pop this one on the charity donation table at our local supermarket.

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