I picked this up at the Melbourne Writers festival back in 2004 where I saw Amanda Lohrey speak.

Ready to send to Carole888 as an extra RABCK.

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In the mail.

Wow! Thank you blue1236 for this lovely surprise! This is quite an unusual book. Will let you know how it goes.

This is an interesting read. The book flows well and keeps one turning the pages, though I had a sense of dread and discomfort, throughout the reading of this book..... mixed with the need to find out more. The two main characters were irritating and I did not like them at all... The book took a different turn, for me two-thirds of the way through, when the perspective changed and the story continued.... and by then, I couldn't put it down. I also found that it helped to understand the themes of the book more once I read the article below. Thank you, blue1236 for introducing me to this author. This was beautifully written and I am looking forward to reading her other book that you've sent, Camille's Bread.

Interview with Amanda Lowrey (Warning, spoiler!)

I'm putting this into the OZ VBB for I'd love to see other opinions on this book.

August 2010 (Taken out of Oz Vbb)

Released at If Store in East Fremantle where we had our meet-up today. We had a good time looking through each others books and choosing new ones to read. This has been picked up and it is enjoyed as much as I enjoyed it. (Thank you for sharing blue1236!)

I picked this book up at the last Bookcrossing meet-up at the IF Store & have just finished reading it today. Amanda Lohrey has a very unusual writing style. Long sentences where the thought is interrupted by commas, going into a different direction & then coming back to the main idea. It took me a while to get used to this style of writing. I liked the philosophy questions, "Do animals have souls?", but the explanations did not go deep enough for me, I wanted more and also couldn't quite see the relevance to the story.
The best sentence in the book for me was "...the past is like a movie, as if the events we look back to belong to someone else." I can certainly relate to that.
Thanks Carole for pushing me to take this book home. I have certainly discovered something new.