... Remembrance by Theresa Breslin was recommended to me by a number of friends ~ they said I would enjoy it and that it needed to be reviewed to encourage others to read and (hopefully) enjoy it too. I borrowed a copy from work and settled down to read….a few hours later and I had gone through ... Read review
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Advantages: A poignant, thought provoking story of becoming an adult in WW1. Disadvantages: A bit graphic in places...make sure you have a tissue handy!
...my latest book review. Remembrance by Theresa Breslin was recommended to me by a number of friends ~ they said I would enjoy it and that it needed to be reviewed to encourage others to read and (hopefully) enjoy it too. I borrowed a copy from work and settled down to read….a few hours later and I had gone through a whole gammit of emotions and completed a wonderful book.
~~~THE AUTHOR.
Theresa Breslin is a librarian who lives in Lenzie in Scotland. ... ...As I said before, Remembrance is set in World War One. The initial setting is the small Scottish village of Stratharden in 1915 and the story revolves around a group of five teenagers from two families. They come from different social backgrounds, but the insular nature of the community has meant that they have grown up together and their lives are linked.
The War has been going on around them for a while, but they it hasn’t really had much of an ...
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