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 The Condition - Jennifer Haigh
Newest Review: ... family. The story starts in 1976 when gradually it becomes obvious that there is something wrong with thirteen year old ... more  ... Gwen's development. The story soon moves forward and twenty years have passed meaning the reader has to piece together all that has happened in the intervening years. Frank and Paulette are divorced. Billy, the eldest son is troubled by relationships whilst youngest son Scott is trapped in a bad marriage. Gwen, at thirty four, is doing her best to lead an adult life but is caught in a child's body.
The story moves seamlessly between the lives of these five characters, and as it did so, I started to sympathise with all of...more |
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The Condition - Jennifer Haigh: Do you suffer from the human condition? (554 words)
by - written on 04/02/09 (Very useful, 371 readings)
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The Condition is the first book I have read by Jennifer Haigh but I feel sure that it will not be the last. From the very first page I found myself drawn into this magnificently compelling story and I was soon caught up in all of the characters' lives. This is a story about an ordinary family. At least they are ordinary until the day they discover that Gwen, the middle child, suffers from Turner's syndrome which means that her body will never grow up. Her parents, Frank and Paulette, and her two brothers react in different ways but life will never be the same for any of them again. Adversity pulls some families together but it tears others apart. This is the ... Read the complete review
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