The idea of perfection
Registered by muser of Barwon Heads, Victoria Australia on 10/27/2006
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This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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This book was recommended to me by a friend who was aware of Barwon Heads own bridge 'dramas'! Very easy & enjoyable reading!
The Idea of Perfection (1999) is a novel by Kate Grenville. It's about two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. Douglas Cheeseman is an awkward engineer, the sort of divorced man you'd never look at twice. Harley Savage is a big, plain, abrasive woman who's been through three husbands and doesn't want another. Both of them bring all kinds of unhappy baggage to their meeting in the little town of Karakarook, New South Wales, population 1,374.
Being in Karakarook is something of a voyage of discovery for both of them. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection, they come to understand that what looks like weakness can be the best kind of strength.
From reviews of the book:
"Grenville's new novel is a beautifully crafted piece of work. This is wonderful writing".
-- Mandy Sayer, The Bulletin
"The Idea of Perfection warms both heart and head, for the bliss it affords is not so much visceral as aesthetic, even architectural."
-- Don Anderson, Australian Review of Books.
The Idea of Perfection (1999) is a novel by Kate Grenville. It's about two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. Douglas Cheeseman is an awkward engineer, the sort of divorced man you'd never look at twice. Harley Savage is a big, plain, abrasive woman who's been through three husbands and doesn't want another. Both of them bring all kinds of unhappy baggage to their meeting in the little town of Karakarook, New South Wales, population 1,374.
Being in Karakarook is something of a voyage of discovery for both of them. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection, they come to understand that what looks like weakness can be the best kind of strength.
From reviews of the book:
"Grenville's new novel is a beautifully crafted piece of work. This is wonderful writing".
-- Mandy Sayer, The Bulletin
"The Idea of Perfection warms both heart and head, for the bliss it affords is not so much visceral as aesthetic, even architectural."
-- Don Anderson, Australian Review of Books.
Journal Entry 2 by muser at At the Heads restaurant, Jetty Rd in Barwon Heads, Victoria Australia on Friday, October 27, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (10/27/2006 UTC) at At the Heads restaurant, Jetty Rd in Barwon Heads, Victoria Australia
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