Her second novel after the well reviewed Tractors…
Enjoyable enough and I liked her writing style.
A light humorous touch. Where it falls down is; is it a political statement about immigrants and class or is it a romantic comedy?
Nevertheless I recommend it with 7/10 Oh and the book group liked it too
Score 7/10
Date read May 2008
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Our newest read in the book group, jeez we need to pick better books.
Life in an advertising agency in Chicago and billed as very funny, but actually very dull.
I should have given up after 50 pages. Our group gave it an average of 3.5 too
Score 3.5/10
Date read April 2008
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Translated from a series of books which are unfinished.
The first two parts are about the fleeing from Paris, all types are running away to hopeful safety. Part two and now we are in German occupation of France. What is key here is that Irene wrote this whilst it was happening, she couldn’t know how the war was to turn out or if France would recover.
Sadly she never did, she dies later in a concentration camp, year and years later her family publish the books.
My book group thought more of this than I did and the average was 6.5/10
Score 5/10
Date read February 2008
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“Ok, to broaden my reading material a book group has been formed by me and a bunch of friends (some I don’t think read much!)
The three rules are simple… 1/ It should be written within the last three years. 2/ No-one in the group can have read the chosen book before. 3/ You don’t have to finish the book.
Well the book…chosen by me and a cross over which was a bit of a worry. However it reads fine.
Death is the narrator, the story follows Leisel a foster girl in Munich 1943.
A touching and at times funny novel. Good start to our book club.
Score 7/10
Date read January 2008
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