A review by lorrainelowereads
Faith Fox by Jane Gardam

4.0

This was a funny little book. I didn’t like it that much for the first half. Lots of strange tangents and conversations that didn’t make sense. And it wasn’t what I thought it was going to be, I thought it would be a tug of war as to who would get to keep the motherless baby Faith Fox. But it was more about the jolly neglect of the little girl. Very Dickensian. Actually the book got more and more Dickensian as it went on; children practically bringing themselves up, a fear of foreigners, people who act and live far beyond their means and plenty of old characters who provide light relief. That’s probably why in the end I was stuck into it and didn’t really want it to end. And exactly as in my favourite Dickens novel (Dombey and Son) the ending was poignant but satisfying.