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Carregando... The Book Boyde Joanna Trollope
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. What if you couldn't read? I have never read a 'Quick Read' novella before. They are published in large print, as part of a literacy programme that encourages non readers to discover the magic of reading. Apparently they are aimed at the one in six adults in the UK with reading difficulties, a frighteningly high number. Dating back to 2006, there is now quite a number of titles available, penned by many well known authors. Joanna Trollope's contribution centres around a mother/wife, who has never learned to read, it is her dirty secret and she is hugely embarrassed about it. The distressing aspect of this is that her husband chose her because he would therefore have power over her and her kids have adopted their father's lack of respect. This is a book of empowerment and hopefully will help many non-readers to see a light at the end of the tunnel. A very short novella; only 94 pages, and the font isn't small. Still, Joanna Trollope creates believable characters, and a story of hope. Alice is the main protagonist; she's rather a down-trodden housewife with a somewhat controlling husband and two somewhat supercilious teenage children. She works as a cleaner, and has been saving a pound or two every week over several years... Alice feels inferior because she never learned to read. She knows that people look down on her, including her family, and tries to keep this secret from as many people as possible. However, an unlikely, tattooed friend of her son guesses her secret... and is the catalyst for change. The story was over almost before it had begun; the plot felt more like that of a short story, inevitable perhaps with a 'quick read'. But I found it interesting and am glad I read it. Three and a half stars would be a better rating. I liked this book. It was a quick read. At times funny, at times very sad. What struck me most, was that it was a book of hope. A woman with two teenage children can't read meets a teenage boy, of whom everyone says he's good for nothing. Both of them want something and in the end they help each other achieve it. Against the current that took them in the opposite direction for so long, they get together and surprise everyone around them. Loved it! I think I'll put this one in the book box that'll come my way shortly. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Alice is 38 and can't read. It's a secret that the family never speak of as they are all ashamed. Then two things happen which make Alice realise that she must start out on her own brave journey. 'The Book Boy' is published in the 'Quick Reads' series, aimed at promoting reading to people with literacy difficulties. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Alice is almost forty. She has a husband, a house, two children & a part time job. She ought to be happy... But she isn't. She feels she has vanished, like something down the back of the lounge. Alice has a secret that is never spoken of; she can't read. Now she is determined & she's found the strangest companion to help her.
And that's pretty much it! It's a very uplifting story (once you get past her hubby's mean dick-headish tendencies & her kid's lack of respect). It's the perfect book for those lazy arvos when you really can't be bothered doing anything except reading!