Book Reviews - October 2009

Have only managed to read 2 books during October, one a total disappointment and the other, which I thought was going to be a disappointment, a really good read.

The disappointment was "One for my Baby" by Tony Parsons. This was a big let down having read "Man and Boy". Alfie returns from Hong Kong to London after his wife was killed in a scuba diving accident and it tells how he copes with the loss. A bit non-descript, readable but not enjoyable.

Deirdre Purcell "That Childhood Country" on the other hand was a really good read and left me page-turning the whole time. Deirdre's descriptive writing style in this novel was excellent and tells the story of a girl back in the 1950's in Ireland finding love with someone beneath her status and having a baby at 16. It is full of emotion, and heartbreak but definitely worth a read.