The Book of Wishes and Complaints by Zina Rohan
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1QueenOfDenmark
I found this book years ago in a book clearance shop and bought it because I liked the painting on the cover.
But the story is so good it was immediately one of my favourites.
Hana lives in Chekeslovakia with her son in a house she inherited from her aunt. From a troubled childhood with a deceased mother and a father in prison for telling the wrong sort of joke, Hana moves on to a troubled adulthood, still in love with her exciled ex-lover and raising the son he doesn't know they have. Until one day she decides to travel to England and tell him, thinking that this will reunite them. But Hana's holiday causes trouble for her whole community and those who care for her.
This book is really touching, very funny in places and really captures the spirit of the country and the times.
Only one other person on Library Thing has it listed, which is a shame because it is a truly great book (Shearrob I know you are hoarding it somewhere though).
Rohan's latest book, The Officer's Daughter seems to be doing well in the bookshops and I hope that that means this book will be rereleased and get the attention it deserves.
But the story is so good it was immediately one of my favourites.
Hana lives in Chekeslovakia with her son in a house she inherited from her aunt. From a troubled childhood with a deceased mother and a father in prison for telling the wrong sort of joke, Hana moves on to a troubled adulthood, still in love with her exciled ex-lover and raising the son he doesn't know they have. Until one day she decides to travel to England and tell him, thinking that this will reunite them. But Hana's holiday causes trouble for her whole community and those who care for her.
This book is really touching, very funny in places and really captures the spirit of the country and the times.
Only one other person on Library Thing has it listed, which is a shame because it is a truly great book (Shearrob I know you are hoarding it somewhere though).
Rohan's latest book, The Officer's Daughter seems to be doing well in the bookshops and I hope that that means this book will be rereleased and get the attention it deserves.
2BaryRosa
Totally agree that The Officer's Daughter deserves more recognition. Rohan is an excellent writer. It's a while since I read The Book of Wishes and Complaints but I do remember it being a delightful read...
3QueenOfDenmark
Bary glad you enjoyed it too, I really haven't found anyone else who has read it and it really deserves to be enjoyed. I mean, how many other books include a death by pickled onion?
