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Kablooie

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3. I think she's trying to make a Dickensonian kind of statement with this book.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:09 PM

Nov 2012

But I'm not sure what it is other than living in small towns is really horrible.

I really wonder what her childhood was like.
Apparently her father was an aircraft engineer but she didn't get along with him.

She was also a big fan of Jessica Mitford who's famous for writing "The American Way of Death", an exposé of the secretive and exploitive funeral industry.

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JK Rowlings - A Casual Vacancy [View all] Kablooie Nov 2012 OP

I'm about a quarter of the way through. northoftheborder Nov 2012 #1

Most reviews I read of the book say it is a downer dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #2

I think she's trying to make a Dickensonian kind of statement with this book. Kablooie Nov 2012 #3

My husband got it for me for Christmas and I think that there is a point to it "Spoilers" Nikia Dec 2012 #4