Advantages: Lovely story, festive, well written Disadvantages: Short
Alison Dunwoody thought she had it all - a great job, good salary and a great life in New York City. But when the recession hits, Alison is shocked to find that she's lost her job. She's too embarassed to tell her family, and instead decides to fly home to Ireland and have Christmas with her parents, sister and 3 gorgeous nieces. Alison loves the feeling of being back home, but misses her new friend Jack from New York - he knows about her job loss and she can confide in him. Will Alison be able to keep her secret away from her family for her holiday? Or is ComingHome exactly what Alison needs to make her feel happy again?
I have enjoyed a few Patricia Scanlan novels in the past, but I haven't read anything by her in a while now. I am a bit partial to anything festive so when I saw that her latest book was going to be based ...
Advantages: classic animation, well written story, gentle humour Disadvantages: dialogue and themes aimed at the over 8's but nothing unsuitable for younger viewers
~~~The Concept~~~
Peanuts first began as a syndicated daily and Sunday newspaper cartoon that ran in US newspapers from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 (which happens to be the day after it's creator's death). Written by Charles M. Schultz, the strip featured a group of children in a suburban neighbourhood whose lives at home and at school provided humour as well as social commentary on modern life and current events. Its relevance and sense of humour resonated around the world, and at its peak, was translated into 21 languages and published in 75 countries. A rough estimation of its readership puts peak readership figures at about 355 million people.
The series centred on an everyman type character, a little boy named Charlie Brown, aged 8. Nothing he ever does turns out quite as he intended, and the other children tend to ...
Advantages: Well-written, realistic, deep character portrayal Disadvantages: Very long, complexity can be confusing
I didn?t read ComingHome until after I?d seen ITV?s dramatisation of it, and even then I only picked it up because I saw it in a second-hand bookshop. I can only say I?m glad I did; contrary to what I had expected from a dramatisation which left out several major characters and a number of plot threads, this book has a level of complexity which effectively portrays the chaos of wartime life without harping on it too much.
The book?s focus is on a young girl, Judith, who stays with a friend?s family in Cornwall during the summer holidays while her parents are in Singapore, then grows up to become a major part of their household, even after war breaks out and she joins the WRNS. You get the strong feeling whilst reading the book that while Judith is most of the time surrounded by friends, she is also very much alone, as are most ...
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