I am having an Anne Tyler 'season' of reading at present, and so here is the second review of one of her books. Anne Tyler lives in Baltimore, and her stories are based in this city on the eastern seaboard of the US. Having read a few of her books, I already feel that I know Baltimore well, and its diverse population with strong Polish influence.
A Patchwork Planet is another very readable story book which kept me interested from the first page when our hero, Barnaby Gaitlin, begins a journey to see his estranged daughter in Philadelphia. Barnaby is in his late 20's, and has had a troubled past. His family are wealthy, but it becomes clear that his father may have married 'below him' by taking on a Polish wife from the poorer suburbs on Baltimore. His mother has had to work hard to fit in with her life, and Barnaby has not helped ...
Advantages: Looks great and does the job it's supposed to Disadvantages: Needs regular de-scaling to stay looking good
When we first bought our house, the kettle we had was a rather cheap ugly looking jug kettle bought for us by my Mother-in-law. It was perfectly functional otherwise. A kettle in our house however does not get an awful lot of use. I guess you could say that for us a kettle is a functional ornament. Our jug kettle certainly wasn?t ornament, though it was occasionally of use! I had therefore been on the look out for a kettle that looked a bit prettier sitting in our kitchen. I had about given up hope of finding one that I liked when I saw the Prima Clear Boilkettle in a catalogue. Now this was a couple of years ago and I?ve been racking my brains trying to remember how much it cost us, but to no avail. From what I can tell though they can cost between £25 and £35 and Argos are currently selling it with a toaster as a set for £59.99 (sixty ...
Advantages: Great looking household appliance Disadvantages: have to keep it clean
starling the Prima purred and gave me a most spectacular light show. I was in love.
I was like a child with a new toy and my son shook his head sadly at his mother?s strange new preoccupation muttering something about ?little things?. Little did he know that I had recently started talking to kettles too. As dusk approaches my thoughts turn to my kettle. During the day the kettle bursts into action with huge rumbling bubbles efficiently producing boiling water in seconds. But at night it also magically transforms into churning fiery water light show. It is a truly spectacular effect.
But like all new things the novelty soon wears off especially when, as I had predicted, the kettle lost its looks. Water marks were beginning to appear and I knew it wouldn?t be long before the shiny glass would all be coated in a rough white coat ...
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