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A Quiet Life
Beryl Bainbridge
其他書名
A Novel
出版G. Braziller, 1977
主題Fiction / Historical / GeneralFiction / Mystery & Detective / GeneralHistory / Europe / Germany
ISBN08076084679780807608463
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=v9c9PgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The life of a family consisting of two parents, Joe and Connie, and their two children, Madge and Alan is shown in this book ... A Quiet Life describes the ups and downs of the family after WWII. Joe once had a great business, but after some events in the war, he is now bankrupt and is listening to the `wireless', as they called it (radio in our days). Connie, a woman who married Joe years ago because of his wealth, is now a very strict lady who reads novels at the train station alone every night, while during the day, she drinks tea. The daughter, Madge, is a girl who walks along the mine-filled seaside every night. She is a girl who is trusted by her mother, who often believes the lies of Madge, making her able to get away from the troubles she has done. Lastly, the main character is Alan, who is a 17 year old teenager who falls in love with Janet, another girl in his school. The main idea of the book is shown in the title, A Quiet Life, because it is about Alan, trying to have his own life different from the kind he grew up in. Why he wants his own life is because there is a lot of chaos going on around the house that he has to put up with and try to live through them everyday. Starting with Alan and Madge meeting each other inside the café, a shift is made to the actual life these two children grew up in ... During the story, Alan often argues with his sister about going to see a German P.O.W and almost causing a disaster for the family. These are only some of the problems that occurred within this spoiled family. --Eric Lin at Amazon.com.