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The Flight of the Maidens |
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Author |
Jane Gardam |
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Abacus |
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Great Britain |
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Yes |
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Year Published |
2000 |
Date Read |
11/06/2006 |
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ISBN |
0349114242 |
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Marlborough Library |
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Binding |
Paperback |
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Pages |
278 |
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Overview |
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The Flight of the Maidens describes the post-war summer of 1946 – and follows three young women in the months between leaving school and taking up their scholarships at university: Una Vane, whose widowed mother runs a hairdressing salon in her front room (Maison Vane Glory – Where Permanent Waves are Permanent), goes bicycling with Ray, the boy who delivers fish and milk; Hetty Fallowes, who struggles to become independent of her possessive, loving, tactless mother; and Lieselotte Klein, who had arrived in 1939 on a train from Hamburg, uncovers tragedy in the past and magic in the present. |
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The first half of this book was very easy to read, and by the time the reading of it became a chore, the story behind the lines kept me going. Each of the girls have their own story, and they only come together in the final pages, but each story stays clear in your mind, and it's easy to pick up each thread. The writing is quite formal, and fits the period, but the style of it starts to drag, and it was a relief to finally get to the end. |
