An Awfully Big Adventure
2 journalers for this copy...
It is 1950 and the Liverpool reporatory theatre company is rehearsing its Christmas production of Peter Pan, a story of childhood innocence and loss. Stella has been taken on as assistant stage manager and quickly becomes obsessed with Meredith, the dissolute director. But it is only when the celebrated O'Hara arrives to take the lead, that a different drama unfolds. In it, he and Stella are bound together in a past that neither dares to interpret.
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Reserved for the BCUK Extra Virtual Bookbox.
Selected by Twicky
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Reserved for the BCUK Extra Virtual Bookbox.
Selected by Twicky
Received as part of the BCUK Extra VBB. Thanks Rillaith!
Journal Entry 3 by Twicky from Twickenham, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Picked this up in the 2008 A title swap.
Quite enjoyed this short tale, which transported me to the world of the theatre in 1950. I found the descriptions and imagery quite vivid and could well image myself transported into Stella's shoes (even though that would need a sex-change too). Probably time to stop this review now:)
So now it's ready to pass on to Wubbaducky.
Quite enjoyed this short tale, which transported me to the world of the theatre in 1950. I found the descriptions and imagery quite vivid and could well image myself transported into Stella's shoes (even though that would need a sex-change too). Probably time to stop this review now:)
So now it's ready to pass on to Wubbaducky.
