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Raking the Ashes - Anne Fine

Description: ISBN 0552772852 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Anne Fine / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 409 Pages / Book is published 2006-06-05 by ... more

Raking the Ashes - Anne Fine ... Black Swan

Newest Review: ... like much, what Anne Fine actually does in this book is dissect their relationship, which is probably much like many ... more

... relationships between two people, in their 40s who have been together for 20 years or so. Their relationship is far from perfect, they do not communicate very well with each other, they are not honest with each other about important issues, and sadly it seems that their relationship is really one of convenience than anything else. Tilly wants to leave Geoff, but how will she do it? Well read the book to find out, as I will not tell you what happens and spoil it! MY OPINION When I first started reading this I didn't li...more

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Raking the Ashes - Anne Fine: An interesting dissection (647 words)
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'Raking the Ashes' is a novel written by Anne Fine and was first published in 2005. Anne Fine writes adult fiction as well as fiction for children. In fact she is quite a well-known children's writer and when I picked up this book from the library I thought that her name seemed awfully familiar but I just couldn't place it. Turns out she is the same Anne Fine that wrote 'Flour Babies' - a book I do remember quite well from when I was an early teen. THE PLOT OF THE BOOK 'Raking the Ashes' is about the relationship between Tilly and Geoff. Tilly is the main character of the book and as it is written in the first person context, everything that ... Read the complete review