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Title: Bad Behaviour
Author: Liz Byrski
Narrator: Marie-Louise Walker
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-03-10
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Zoë is living a conventional suburban life in Fremantle. She works, she gardens and she loves her supportive husband Archie and their three children. But the arrival of a new woman into her son Daniel's life unsettles Zoë. Suddenly she is feeling angry and hurt, and is lashing out at those closest to her.
In Sussex, England, Julia is feeling nostalgic as she nurses her best friend through the last painful stages of cancer. Her enthusiastic but dithering husband Tom is trying to convince Julia to slow down. Although she knows Tom means well, Julia cannot help but feel frustrated that he is pushing her into old age before she is ready. But she knows she is lucky to have him. She so nearly didn't....
These two women's lives have been shaped by the decisions they made back in 1968 when they were young, idealistic and naïve. In a world that was a whirl of politics and protest, consciousness raising and sexual liberation, Zoë and Julia were looking for love, truth and their own happy endings. They soon discover that life is rarely that simple, as their bad behaviour leads them down paths that they can never turn back from.
Members Reviews:
Bad Behavior
I really think it deserves 31/2 stars but not quite 4. I read "In The Company of Strangers" first so for me the bar was set pretty high. This book didn't reach it. I found the beginning awkward and had to start again after about 5 chapters . I thought I recognized the writing technique, if you will, but never really settled in with it. I did adapt to going back and forth location wise. I never fell in "5 star love" with any of the characters although Julia came close. In spite of recognizing bits of Julia in myself, I found her long suffering "victim" role tiresome and often selfish. Loved her family so she contributed something right. That said, I love the fact that these are characters & situations I as a 60 year old woman can relate to. Love that the book didn't end with Zoe's journey. Being African American with strong feelings about injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians I was totally captured by the subject of race on both sides of he world. So much more but goodness I need a book club discussion!! I am very glad she wrote the book and would absolutely recommend to others. Trying to get my hands on "Gang of Four".
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Title: Bad Behaviour
Author: Liz Byrski
Narrator: Marie-Louise Walker
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-03-10
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Zoë is living a conventional suburban life in Fremantle. She works, she gardens and she loves her supportive husband Archie and their three children. But the arrival of a new woman into her son Daniel's life unsettles Zoë. Suddenly she is feeling angry and hurt, and is lashing out at those closest to her.
In Sussex, England, Julia is feeling nostalgic as she nurses her best friend through the last painful stages of cancer. Her enthusiastic but dithering husband Tom is trying to convince Julia to slow down. Although she knows Tom means well, Julia cannot help but feel frustrated that he is pushing her into old age before she is ready. But she knows she is lucky to have him. She so nearly didn't....
These two women's lives have been shaped by the decisions they made back in 1968 when they were young, idealistic and naïve. In a world that was a whirl of politics and protest, consciousness raising and sexual liberation, Zoë and Julia were looking for love, truth and their own happy endings. They soon discover that life is rarely that simple, as their bad behaviour leads them down paths that they can never turn back from.
Members Reviews:
Bad Behavior
I really think it deserves 31/2 stars but not quite 4. I read "In The Company of Strangers" first so for me the bar was set pretty high. This book didn't reach it. I found the beginning awkward and had to start again after about 5 chapters . I thought I recognized the writing technique, if you will, but never really settled in with it. I did adapt to going back and forth location wise. I never fell in "5 star love" with any of the characters although Julia came close. In spite of recognizing bits of Julia in myself, I found her long suffering "victim" role tiresome and often selfish. Loved her family so she contributed something right. That said, I love the fact that these are characters & situations I as a 60 year old woman can relate to. Love that the book didn't end with Zoe's journey. Being African American with strong feelings about injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians I was totally captured by the subject of race on both sides of he world. So much more but goodness I need a book club discussion!! I am very glad she wrote the book and would absolutely recommend to others. Trying to get my hands on "Gang of Four".