Advantages: An absorbing novel with factual description Disadvantages: None!
Review of Water Gypsies by Annie Murray.
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ISBN 0330492144
Paperback novel- 458 pages.
Published by MacMillan in 2004.
Cover price £6.99
The Plot
Water Gypsies is a modern fiction novel by popular female author Annie Murray. The story is set in 1942 and follows the life of narrowboat skipper's wife, Maryann Bartholomew.
Maryann and her husband Joel work the canal system around Birmingham in their narrowboat Theodore and butty, Esther Jane . The life is a hard one, loads to be collected and delivered, children to raise and care for, all in the confines of a seven by nine foot narrowboat boater's cabin.
Maryann had a life of suffering as a child growing up in Birmingham and her past often comes back to haunt her. She has recurring nightmares of the horrors she faced ...
Advantages: You'll enjoy your holiday more Disadvantages: None
WHY I WANTED TO LEARN GREEK
I?d wanted for years to visit Greece. The history and literature of the country have been a passion of mine since I came across the Greek myths as a child. I longed to see Athens, and a few other famous places, but most of my pleasure in visiting another country lies in getting right off the tourist beats and meeting people, seeing how they really live.
By choice I usually travel on my own, and after a terrifying experience some years ago in Russia I decided that I?d never go anywhere again unless I spoke enough of the language to cope with problems. Greece seemed an impossible dream, as I was incapable of learning Greek. There was only one problem, but it was a fundamental one: the alphabet. Because of the rather strange form of dyslexia from which I suffer I could not get to grips with it at all ...
Advantages: A change in sound by Hendrix Disadvantages: A change in sound by Hendrix
After disbanding the 'Jimi Hendrix' Experience, the 'man' himself went on to form the 'Band of Gypsys' with bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles (who penned two songs on the album). Although a studio album was never released, this live album just about covers what the new band was about, a more relaxed, bluesy style. Jimi dropped the British pop sound altogether and adopted his own style of blues. When you first hear this album you are immediately taken aback with the change of style compared to the previous studio albums, but after a few listens you will start to get in the groove again. The sound is laid-back, but as with all live albums is spontaneous and experimental. I know that some Hendrix fans regard this as his finest piece of work, I disagree as this belittles his previous work, which earned him his reputation as simply ...
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