Instructions for a Heatwave
Registered by keeta1 of Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on 2/18/2016
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Journal Entry 1 by keeta1 from Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on Thursday, February 18, 2016
A story of a dysfunctional but deeply loveable family reunited, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE already feels like a contemporary classic. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award. It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't come back. The search for Robert brings Gretta's children - two estranged sisters and a brother on the brink of divorce - back home, each with different ideas as to where their father might have gone. None of them suspects that their mother might have an explanation that even now she cannot share.
An enjoyable novel.
I read this at the right time, as it's been so hot here this summer, it was easy to empathize with the people in this story.
I read this at the right time, as it's been so hot here this summer, it was easy to empathize with the people in this story.
Journal Entry 3 by keeta1 at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (3/24/2016 UTC) at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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Finally on it's way to jeniwren!
Thanks again keeta1 for another wishlisted book as given via the Australasian Wishlist Tag Game.
I always enjoy O'Farrell for her novels that explore family dynamics however this wasn't one of her better books. I would suggest The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.
Journal Entry 6 by jeniwren at Hair Cafe in Pambula, New South Wales Australia on Monday, October 16, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (10/17/2017 UTC) at Hair Cafe in Pambula, New South Wales Australia
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Booked for a hair appointment so will leave this book at the front counter.