A perceptive review of a book written by one of my dearest friends!
Rosa: Memories With Licence…
About the Book:
As British as Earl Grey tea, ‘Rosa’ has spent most of her life in Melbourne. Her children and grandchildren are all Australian-born, as was Alan, her writer husband. But Rosa is hesitant about an unconditional commitment to Vegemite, mateship and the ANZAC legend; she remains a perennial migrant, often amused by her memories, here presented with a deliberate overlay of lies and licence.
Her family’s history is nearer to Dickens than the shtetls of Eastern Europe; Rosa herself recalls Dunkirk and the Blitz. Beyond the conservatism of 1950s London that she escaped, Rosa flings open the windows and doors to invite the reader into her Anglo-Australian-Jewish family. She refrains from delving into deep psychological examinations of what it means to be an only child, an only grandchild, a reluctant Jewish teenager, and muse to a man whose terrible childhood scarred him for life…
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I have bought a copy! I just need to allocate time to read it ….
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By: Jennifer on October 9, 2019
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Wonderful! I think it’s a book you can dip in and out of, I read it first in draft form, as it was written, bit by bit.
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By: Lisa Hill on October 9, 2019
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It won’t take you long once you get started. An afternoon just slipped away from me while I was reading.
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By: Theresa Smith Writes on October 9, 2019
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This will be my first review on my return. Am enjoying it too, but so little time to read.
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By: whisperinggums on October 10, 2019
at 10:08 am
It’s 10.19 here — which means (I think) that it’s 8.30 in Japan. How’s your ankle today?
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By: Lisa Hill on October 10, 2019
at 10:34 am
Bruised, and a little swollen, but held up better than we both expected today – thanks for asking. (And you’re right re the difference!)
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[…] in his books are not characters, so…. I’m going to cheat a bit and choose Rosa, from Rosa, Memories with Licence because Rosa is a lot like my irrepressible friend the author Ros Collins and not only would there […]
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