Alice Lunt
Autor/a de Little Gray Donkey
Sobre l'autor
Sèrie
Obres de Alice Lunt
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- female
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 7
- Membres
- 49
- Popularitat
- #320,875
- Valoració
- 4.3
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 7
- Llengües
- 2
I really enjoyed this second story about Jeanette and Agnes, finding it engaging and ultimately heartwarming. I thought that Lunt really captured both Jeanette and Agnes' perspectives, at different points in the story. Jeanette's worry about the right way to approach friendship with Hania, her instinctive sense that making too much of a fuss would be as harmful, in its way, as unkindness, was well observed, while Agnes' sense of frustration and hurt at the calamities that kept befalling her, also came across well. It struck me, while reading Jeanette in the Summer Term, that I have read very few British girls' school stories where the characters are working class - usually they are upper or middle class - and that too was interesting. There is mention made of housing estates, the factories that surround the school, of the girls' fathers going off to work, and of the nearby marl hole - a pit formed when red clay was dug out from the ground, presumably for use in pottery-making, and which collected water, making it a dangerous area for children. It was good to read a story depicting working families who were happy (for the most part), intact, and leading full and interesting lives, as this just isn't something I've seen a lot of, in this genre. Perhaps this reveals the limitations of my reading...?
In any case, I found this enjoyable, and finished it wishing that Lunt had written more about these characters. As she has not - she appears to have written only five novels, in total - I might have to track down something else by her. Recommended to anyone who read and enjoyed Jeanette's First Term.… (més)