Joanna Trollope is a phenomenally successful writer best known for her Aga Sagas about middle-class life in rural England. In this one, she leaves her usual territory to tell the tale of Southern belle Gillon, who moves to London for a spell, becoming embroiled with friend Tilly and ... Read review
Gillon - red-haired intelligent vulnerable - comes to London to escape from the demands ... more
of her wealthy conventional socially superior family in Charleston South Carolina. An art historian she has a chance meeting with Tilly whose long-term boyfr...
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of her wealthy, conventional, socially superior family in Charleston, South Carolina. An art historian, she has a chance meeting with Tilly, whose long-term boyfr...
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Advantages: Well researched, well written Disadvantages: Plot heavy-handed, central characters unengaging
Joanna Trollope is a phenomenally successful writer best known for her Aga Sagas about middle-class life in rural England. In this one, she leaves her usual territory to tell the tale of Southern belle Gillon, who moves to London for a spell, becoming embroiled with friend Tilly and her boyfriend Henry
Trollope's novels are usually page-turners but this one is slow to start and gives the impression that the author is writing by numbers instead ... ...with.
Maybe she was bored with covering the same ground but maybe she should have followed the dictum of Jane Austen that it's best to stay with what you know and feel emotionally attached to.
Its central failure is that Gillon is a pretty unsympathetic, selfish kind of character who doesn't really engage the reader. Because Trollope is such an accomplished writer it is not without redeeming features and life across the Atlantic, Charleston ... more
Joanna Trollope is a phenomenally successful writer best known for her Aga Sagas about middle-class life in rural England. In this one, she leaves her usual territory to tell the tale of Southern belle Gillon, who moves to London for a spell, becoming embroiled with friend Tilly and her boyfriend Henry Trollope's novels are usually page-turners but this one is slow to start and gives the impression that the author is writing by numbers instead of sticking to the scenarios she is most comfortable with. Maybe she was bored with covering the same ground but maybe she should have followed the dictum of Jane Austen that it's best to stay with what you know and feel emotionally attached to. Its central failure is that Gillon is a pretty unsympathetic, selfish kind of character who doesn't really engage the reader. Because Trollope is such an accomplished writer it is not without redeeming features and life across the Atlantic, Charleston society in particular, is interestingly portrayed but my advice is only read this if you have read all the other Trollope books and are a committed fan. This one is unlikely to convert those who are not already familiar with the rest of her work. Which is far superior........
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EAN
9780552770873
Type
Fiction
Genre
Modern Fiction
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Title
Girl from the South
Author
Joanna Trollope
ISBN
0552770876
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Gillon - red-haired intelligent vulnerable - comes to London to escape from the demands of her wealthy conventional socially superior family in Charleston South Carolina. An art historian she has a chance meeting with Tilly whose long-term boyfriend Henry is a wildlife photographer who is finding it hard to commit. Before long Gillon has moved into their flat replacing Henry's old mate William William's on-off-girlfriend Susie and a lots of mess and disorganisation. Things are changing and Tilly finds it difficult to accept that her dreams of settling down with Henry are receding further into the distance especially when Henry announces that he is going to South Carolina to photograph the abundant wildlife of the area. There Henry is wholly seduced by the charms of Charleston by Gillon's family and by the old patrician way of life which presents itself. The rules seem to be changing the time passing by and the future is becoming less and less certain...
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