Advantages: Believable characters, well-written, interesting social history Disadvantages: No great depth, nothing much to ponder after reading, no great excitement, takes a while to establish who is who
This is a novel set in the 1950s, about the lives of four eighteen-year-old girls who live in the same street in Swansea. It's in the days when the highlight of the week for girls of this age was the Saturday night dance. It's also at a time when dating was a fairly formal procedure with a definite etiquette, class consciousness was still somewhat strong, and most boys had to do army service. So the setting is historical, but with just the right ... ...I found the characters to be quite believable, although it took me a few chapters to distinguish the four girls completely, and longer still to sort out their parents, brothers and friends. Primarily the book is character-driven, and charts the day-to-day life, family squabbles and romances of these girls.
Helen is spoilt and immature, wanting to draw attention to herself and not do any work. Her father is a relatively wealthy clothes merchant, ...
Kukana 23.03.2005
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