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Our latest theme is 'Books that mean the most' Please navigate to that page to make your review contribution.

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crazywriter Perfect Happiness by Penelope Lively: A review 0 May 13 2009, 10:01 AM EDT by crazywriter
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This novel is one of Lively's earlier works and whilst not her best it displays her thoughtful understanding of human nature to the subject of bereavement to remarkable effect. What I like about Lively and why she is a favourite author is this understanding of humans, her interest in how people perceive and think about their pasts and her understated but superb style- in my opinion she is unbeatable as a great author.
Perfect Happiness concentrates on the grief of a widow whose husband was something of a celebrity in academic circles. We really feel for the main character and we see with real clarity each stage of her grief- her visiting sites of their honeymoon, her mini-breakdown, her re-bound fling and her gradual acceptance of what has happended and her rebuilding of life. Lively does not give us a nice tidy happy ending but then again that is life.
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Fluxions Another theme 0 Jul 7 2007, 8:39 AM EDT by Fluxions
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Why not have the theme 'The Top Ten Books I've Read'.
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Anonymous A theme 0 Feb 15 2007, 12:51 PM EST by Anonymous
 
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What about a theme around 'The book I wish I'd written'?
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