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 Bird in the Tree - Elizabeth Goudge
Description: ISBN 0340638435 / Genre: Fiction Newest Review: ... he agrees to fulfil before making a decision about his future. That's a summary of the early part of the book, but this ... more  ... isn't a plot-driven novel. It's an early version of a family saga with strong characters who interreact with each other deeply. Elizabeth Goudge was a very talented author, who managed to weave something magical into her stories, drawing personalities who are clear and distinct, making each conversation entirely believable in context. She must have been a superb study of human nature.
From the opening moment when the children go to meet David, to the time when Lucilla realises that there is something badly wrong,...more |
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Bird in the Tree - Elizabeth Goudge: Peaceful and Poetic (986 words)
by Kukana - written on 24.02.05 (Very useful, 466 readings)
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This book opens with Ben (aged 9) and his younger siblings Tommy and Caroline rushing out to meet their adult cousin David, who is coming to stay at the family home, Damerosehay. In a few brief word pictures the children are described: Ben - delicate and sensitive; Tommy - loud and cheerful; Caroline - dreamy and mysterious. Lucilla, David and the children's grandmother, is focal point of the family. She brought David up after his father died from war wounds; she is now looking after her three younger grandchildren, since their parents are divorced. Their father George works in India, and their mother Nadine runs an antique shop in London. Her home ...
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