Sarah Winman
Author of When God Was a Rabbit
About the Author
Works by Sarah Winman
Quando Deus era um velho 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1964-12-24
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Ilford, Essex, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, Britain
- Occupations
- Actor
Writer - Awards and honors
- 2011 Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award
Judge's Choice Award, Boeke Prize (South Africa) (2011)
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Ugh. Nope. Not for me. This one was all character study and virtually no plot, and I find those kinds of novels way too tedious.
Story of Ulysses Temper and Evelyn Skinner who met during the war. Both left a lasting impression on each other and would meet again. All characters are eccentrics and form an unlikely family for many years. I gave this book only 4 stars because I found the beginning and the end were a bit slow. I’m glad I continued because after the initial slowness the story was very cool and interesting.
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Statistics
- Works
- 8
- Members
- 3,929
- Popularity
- #6,436
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 271
- ISBNs
- 98
- Languages
- 14
- Favorited
- 4
But I was presently surprised by this book and found it engaging ,funny and sad.
This Novel is in two parts and is about Elly who was born in 1968. The first part of the Novel deals with her relationships with her older brother, her family and her best friend Jenny Penny. I really loved this part of the book and the way it is written. I loved her pet rabbit named God and her friendship with Jenny penny. There were some really funny moments in this book that had me laughing out loud.
The second half of the Novel takes on a more serious tone and deals with Elly’s later years and touches and some sad experiences and not sure if all of them fitted into this Novel however I still enjoyed this book.
I found the characters so quirky and while not all likeable still interesting and I found myself wanting to know what happened to them .
Overall I found this an interesting and quirky read, not my usual book choice but hey sometimes it’s good to go outside the comfort zone.… (more)