Heatwave

Penelope Lively

Andrew found this book engaging. It is about a long summer somewhere in Middle England and a fragmented family. He thought the characters were painted well. Doreen and Caroline had also read this book. Doreen thought it had a good beginning but had a shocking moment near the end. Caroline was rather irritated by the book and felt the ending was a cheap trick to get rid of a character; it was rather hard to believe.
Andrew 26/7/98

Gill didn't like this very much and was irritated by what she felt was the author's laziness in writing a book about a writer spending a summer writing a book, which gave made her feel that it had just been "knocked off quickly".
Caroline 30/8/98

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