Tuesday 9 April 2013

The Roundabout Man, Clare Morrell

Read in paperback.  Recommended by and borrowed from Granny.

Quinn Smith has lived under the shadow of his author mother all his life.  When he tires of life as curator of his childhood home, he goes to live in a caravan on a roundabout.  A pushy journalist writes an article about him, which sets in motion a series of events which bring Quinn back into contact with his sisters, the Triplets, and allows him to come to terms with his unconventional upbringing.

This is a charming, gentle book, and the character of Quinn, dominated by his overbearing sisters, and longing for love from his distant mother, is very well drawn and sympathetic.

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