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Cloudstreet
by Tim Winton
4.5 stars
A charming, magical story of two families brought together during the 1940s-1960s in post-war Western Australia.
The overbearing presence of unseen forces throughout the story keep the reader captivated - from the Shifty Shadow and Lady Luck, to the seemingly living, breathing haunted house on Cloudstreet shared by the Lambs and Pickles families. Each character develops throughout the book, coping with loss, tragedy and poverty in their own ways.
I loved the raw look at family life, but with hints of mysticism and magical realism to keep things from getting too incredibly dark. There's humor, there's pain, there's redemption, there's really everything. What a wonderful story.
A charming, magical story of two families brought together during the 1940s-1960s in post-war Western Australia.
The overbearing presence of unseen forces throughout the story keep the reader captivated - from the Shifty Shadow and Lady Luck, to the seemingly living, breathing haunted house on Cloudstreet shared by the Lambs and Pickles families. Each character develops throughout the book, coping with loss, tragedy and poverty in their own ways.
I loved the raw look at family life, but with hints of mysticism and magical realism to keep things from getting too incredibly dark. There's humor, there's pain, there's redemption, there's really everything. What a wonderful story.