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God on the Rocks (1978)

di Jane Gardam

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Originally published in Great Britain in 1978, the novel describes Margaret Marsh's coming of age one summer between the world wars. Caught in the backwash of a fervently religious father, a mother bitterly nostalgic for what might have been, the tea and sympathy of some thoroughly secular neighbors and the bawdy jokes of her nanny Lydia, Margaret's world hurtles towards a shattering moment of truth. Drama, tragedy and a touch of farce lend themselves to Gardam's typically eloquent prose. With subtlety and precision, God on the Rocks provides an intimate portrait of the tensions that divide men and women, present and past, and the love and sorrow that lingers throughout. --From publisher description.… (altro)
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Classic Gardam observations of class, religion, and morals. Published in 1978 and nominated for the Booker Prize, God on the Rocks is a coming of age story of 8 year old Margaret as she tries to make sense of her stilted family, bawdy nursemaid, and surrounding community in the years immediately following WWI. ( )
  jemisonreads | Jan 22, 2024 |
Merkwaardig verhaal over een moeder met 2 kinderen, welgesteld, waar de dochter van de vuilnisman mee speelt. De jongen van het gezin wil met dit meisje trouwen, maar dat mag natuurlijk niet. De 2 kinderen raken gebrouilleerd met moeder, die ernstig ziek wordt, de dochter van de vuilnisman trouwt met een godsdienstfanaat, zij en haar dochter komen weer in contact met de 2 vroegere buren. Er ontstaat weer van alles. Ondertussen is er een dienstmeisje dat door de Heer gezonden is in het orthodoxe gezin opgenomen die met het meisje op stap mag, ieder woensdagmiddag. De vader wil wel met haar vrijen, de moeder ziet dat hij een poging tot verleiden doet, loopt weg naar de jeugdliefde, krijgt daar een kind van. Het meisje raakt in de problemen op de rotsen, haar vader verdrinkt bij een reddingspoging. Bizar, bizar en vreemd geschreven, wel intrigerend. ( )
  vuurziel | Dec 24, 2020 |
An interesting coming of age story driven by the tensions of class, religion, dysfunctional families, and unfulfilled desires, told from multiple perspectives. Wish it was longer. ( )
  Misprint | Aug 31, 2020 |
Margaret is eight, growing up in a super-religious family where her father is the pastor and they're more defined by what they can't have than what they believe. Lydia, the maid, arrives that summer and takes Margaret out on Wednesday afternoons, upending the whole family's life without even trying to, while the minister attempts to convert her.

I think this is one of those stories where for much of it nothing much happens and it goes along so quietly that you don't realize what it's about until the end. I'm not sure I ever fully "got it" to be honest. I spent most of the book trying to figure out if I liked it or not and once I decided I was solidly underwhelmed I was so far into it that I decided I'd rather finish it than not. ( )
  bell7 | Feb 24, 2020 |
A charming and unpredictable coming of age story set between the two world wars in a seaside village in northern England. Gardam switches up the POV and weaves her characters’ lives around each other until the wonderfully satisfying and for me, surprising, conclusion. ( )
  Copperskye | Feb 20, 2020 |
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Originally published in Great Britain in 1978, the novel describes Margaret Marsh's coming of age one summer between the world wars. Caught in the backwash of a fervently religious father, a mother bitterly nostalgic for what might have been, the tea and sympathy of some thoroughly secular neighbors and the bawdy jokes of her nanny Lydia, Margaret's world hurtles towards a shattering moment of truth. Drama, tragedy and a touch of farce lend themselves to Gardam's typically eloquent prose. With subtlety and precision, God on the Rocks provides an intimate portrait of the tensions that divide men and women, present and past, and the love and sorrow that lingers throughout. --From publisher description.

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