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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I have just been reading the reviews of the books you recommended ...and there are some definite possibilities there for me to try.
Didn't like Jeanette Winterson - Oranges are not the only fruit....it struck me a being a 'mardy' write. I think I only really read it because it was set in Accrington......I was not impressed and can't bring myself to read anything else written by this woman(you never get a second chance to make a first impression).....I know, I should be more forgiving!
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I couldn't put "Oranges..." down it was really compelling, the writing was excellent - but I agree with you on the 2nd count - I can't read her later stuff.
"This happened in 1932, when the state penitentary was still at Cold Mountain. And the electric chair was there, too, of course."
The Green Mile by Steven King.