Now that was a great read. Not at all what I was expecting, and I still can't believe that a man, let alone a man who went to school in Woking, was able to create characters who seemed so real, normal and with so much empathy. I would have assumed it was a female writer If I wasn't aware of the author's identity. On top of that it was such a well-realised and imagined alternative world, as real and disturbing as Gilead with it's almost identical parallel to our own world with one slight twist that alarms and changes so much. I'll be adding in to Helen's pile for her book club reads, and have put 'The Remains Of The Day' on to my wish list. The children are growing up - William and Libby are at the school disco tonight and Fred is off on a 4 day expedition to the Brecon Beacons. Mind you, he's just made such a palaver of going into Woking to get his own tea. 'What if they ask me questions?' 'What if i don't know the answer?' 'Should I take a bag?' 'What sort of bag should I take?' Bless him i think he's just a little nervous, hopefully he'll thrive.
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