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A review by margaret21
Another Time, Another Place by Jessie Kesson
3.0
North East Scotland 1944. Tough, remote, isolated. Life revolves round little beyond keeping body and soul together: planting and harvesting potatoes and other crops: livestock. Bits of extra money are spent on essentials like worn-out work shirts, not on frivolities like new curtains. Three Italian POWs are billeted on the community. They're regarded with suspicion, but also with interest ....
Each carefully chosen word in this novella evokes the tough lives lived in this community, in which little out of the ordinary happens, and quiet suspicion can flourish. It's atmospheric too. But in the end, this slight story didn't truly engage me.
Each carefully chosen word in this novella evokes the tough lives lived in this community, in which little out of the ordinary happens, and quiet suspicion can flourish. It's atmospheric too. But in the end, this slight story didn't truly engage me.