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A review by smitchy
The Golden Age by Joan London
3.0
I kind of feel i must have missed something in this book - how i feel about most 'literary' prize winners really - I have had many people tell me it was brilliant and they loved it but I had to force my way through it.
It would be a great book for book clubs. There is a lot to discuss. There are many complex characters. There is a sense of both nostalgia and relief that that time (polio) is over. The impressions of Frank's parents of having landed in a strangely childish & old-fashioned backwater of a country was a sentiment I had heard from my own grandmother & mum (immigrated from Holland in the 60's). I can only imagine how much more old fashioned the more isolated Perth was compared to Melbourne.
There is a lot to like in this book. London is an excellent writer. It just didn't appeal to me.
Reccommended reading for book clubs and anti-vaxxers.
It would be a great book for book clubs. There is a lot to discuss. There are many complex characters. There is a sense of both nostalgia and relief that that time (polio) is over. The impressions of Frank's parents of having landed in a strangely childish & old-fashioned backwater of a country was a sentiment I had heard from my own grandmother & mum (immigrated from Holland in the 60's). I can only imagine how much more old fashioned the more isolated Perth was compared to Melbourne.
There is a lot to like in this book. London is an excellent writer. It just didn't appeal to me.
Reccommended reading for book clubs and anti-vaxxers.