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Post by jax2 on Jan 15, 2020 12:56:37 GMT
I downloaded this book in October but have only just finished it - not because I wasn't enjoying it, but I just never seem to find the time to sit and read!
I can highly recommend it, I've not read one of her books before (and have always thought of her as a comedienne), but the story was good - I think the title 'Moving' related both to one of the characters moving house, but also the theme of the book - which looks back at the events affecting a blended family from the perspective of two of the family members and the girlfriend of another (which I found very moving in parts).
Don't want to give too much information in case you decide to read it, but I found it an enjoyable read which had me in tears at the end.
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Post by Bellatrix on Jan 15, 2020 17:01:59 GMT
I have just read the review Jax and love the sound of this book. Been looking for something to get my teeth into since finishing "The Carer" and I think this will be the one for me. Thanks for the recommendation  |
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Post by trisha on Jan 15, 2020 17:36:26 GMT
It sounds as though it would be a really good book.
I think that I will have to pass on this one, if it had you in tears at the end I wouldn't stand a chance.
Trisha
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Post by Lancashire Lass on Jan 15, 2020 18:51:42 GMT
Oh I must check and see if any of my school friends have read it. Think I’ve mentioned that Jenny was in the year below me at school. Thanks for recommendation Jax as I will definitely give it a read.
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Post by jax2 on Jan 15, 2020 21:48:13 GMT
I didn't realise you had friends in high places LL! |
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Post by trisha on Jan 15, 2020 22:39:58 GMT
Ooh, we have someone, who knows someone, who knows someone famous. Trisha |
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Post by Lancashire Lass on Jan 19, 2020 18:23:41 GMT
Ha ha, hardly call her a friend and I would very much doubt she’d know my name. She stood out at school as she was always in the school plays and grabbed attention regularly. I have one of those long school photos which she is on. Maybe I should put it on here and see if you can pick her out.
I have a family connection to an actor you will probably know, Paul Eddington. He and my dad were second cousins.
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Post by vwcamperfan on Jan 20, 2020 10:08:02 GMT
Was he in Corrie LL?
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Post by trisha on Jan 20, 2020 10:34:16 GMT
VW, he was the minister ( Jim Hacker) in Yes Minister.
Trisha
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Post by 6herry on Jan 20, 2020 20:47:19 GMT
Paul Eddington was great in that comedy. He was well cast. I often think the caster gets so little credit.
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Post by vwcamperfan on Jan 21, 2020 11:06:24 GMT
Ah yes I know him now.
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Post by jax2 on Jan 21, 2020 11:17:48 GMT
Wasn't he also Jerry in The Good Life? The poor long-suffering husband of Margot Leadbetter. That programme was ahead of its time really, trying to be self-sufficient and eco-warriors.
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Post by Lancashire Lass on Jan 21, 2020 20:16:51 GMT
Ooh Jax, you’ve reminded me that Felicity Kendal used to come into the place I worked in Swiss Cottage. And thinking of Coronation Street, I once served Rita Sullivan, (Barbara Knox)in a cocktail bar that I worked in. She had half a Stella Artois.
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