Take a look on my sidebar and you will see I follow Deborah Lawrenson's blog.
Deborah is a British novelist and journalist living in the Luberon. And finally, finally I have read her novel: The Lantern!
Whether you read it in paperback (above) or
hardcover (below)
or on Kindle (as I did),
Buy it and read it here
It is superb, gripping, evocative, engrossing: all the things a novel should be!
Thank you Deborah.
and I look forward to the next one!!!
This from one of Deborah's posts earlier this year:
If you need further persuading, here’s an excerpt from Kathy Blumenstock’s review in the Washington Post:
“The Lantern…offers a vivid escape to an intriguing place… The split-screen tales unfolding in alternating voices than span half a century eventually converge, with disturbing and surprising answers to questions that haunt both narrators… Lawrenson embellishes her merging stories with description of the rich scents surrounding the hamlet: rosemary, ripe figs, and a breath of lavender so fresh that readers might close their eyes and inhale, expecting a faint whiff of the purple-flowering plant.”And here is Deborah reading a short excerpt:
So... now I'm looking for something new to read. Any suggestions??
I've heard that this book is good and it is on my list of books to read.
ReplyDeleteI've just finished a wonderful memoir called Clara War. This is a heart-stopping story of a young girl hiding from the Nazis and is based on Clara Kramer's diary of her years surviving in an underground bunker with seventeen other people for 18 months. Wonderful book!
Dear Libby - thank you so much for the kind words about The Lantern, they are greatly appreciated. I'm delighted you enjoyed it! I enjoy your blog too.
ReplyDeleteAll best wishes.