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Looking Back - Josephine Cox

 
Description: ISBN 0747264929 / Author: Josephine Cox / Genre: Fiction / When her mother disappears Molly must sacrifice her own dreams to care for her many siblings.

Newest Review: ... because I don't come from a background such as hers and feel that the description of the atmosphere and lives of her ... more

 ... characters over-assumed the readers' ability to relate to those times, and the kind of characters that she portrayed. It's an easy read. It took me two days to read the book, so would probably suit someone who wishes for light reading. Personally, I prefer more depth, both in development of characters and reason and here again, I did not feel the atmosphere created had enough substance. Take for example the works of one of my favourite authors, Laurie Lee, who produced atmosphere and belief, even though the background he de...more

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Premium Review Looking Back - Josephine Cox: AN EASY READ. (1149 words)
by thingywhatsit - written on 10/05/06 (Very useful, 112 readings)
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Josephine Cox was born in Blackburn, and was brought up as one of ten children. She has been writing for a while now, and her work is relatively popular. Easy to read, I would say that the lady produces a book that is simple, and not time consuming to read and, having read this book, would like to explain my interpretation of her style, and where it fails compared to other authors such as Catherine Cookson, to whom she is compared by the Manchester Evening News on the first page of the book. The story tells of the lives of families living in a relatively poor area in the UK, from 1948 until 1949. Whilst her main characters are relatively well developed, I do ...

 

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