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Title: The Fountain
Author: Mary Nichols
Narrator: Patience Tomlinson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-12-10
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Barbara Bosgrove is looking forward to the annual Harvest Ball. Her widowed father will be her escort, but it is not long before George Kennett seeks her out for a dance. George vows to win Barbaras hand in marriage and begins a slow and steady courtship. Little by little, Barbara is won over.
Worn down by several years of marriage to the unfaithful George, Barbara feels she has lost all the vitality of her youth. But her old friend Simon is not prepared to let Barbara lose sight of the woman she really is the woman he has always loved. He reawakens Barbaras passion and fighting spirit, but at what cost?
Members Reviews:
Painful story of a bad marriage
I found this book to be grey and gloomy but still a very good read. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, it is the story of young Barbara, a university student aspiring to being an artist, from a good family in a small Norfolk town who has the world before her. She has a friend, Penny, whose brother Simon is newly returned from the war when the book opens. Simon is struggling with a certain degree of PTSD but he has some interest in Barbara though he does not pursue it. Instead, a brash, ambitious and older man named George has designs on Barbara and relentlessly pursues her until circumstances lead Barbara into accepting a proposal of marriage.
The novel then follows the marriage of Barbara and George and his ruthless, dishonest and relentless drive to build up a building business. There are some good insights into his character for it is on him that the story turns. Ultimately, of course, he gets his comeuppance but only after he has ruined his marriage and committed serial adultry. Barbara struggles along for the sake of the children but she, too, is driven off the rails by Simon who never quite leaves her life.
I found this to be a well told, slightly old fashioned story by an author who writes well. Her stories are set in a timeframe with which I am not particularly familiar: the 1920s and 30s and I have found this to be very interesting from a personal perspective. She is very good at the anatomy of a failing, doomed marriage and although the subject matter might seem off-putting it does, nevertheless provide a page turning story as you follow the inevitable path of doom. There are few light moments in this book but even so it is entertaining and a good read. I would recommend this to someone feeling a little jaded who wants something different from chick lit or romantic fiction, especially as it is set in a little used timeframe.
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Title: The Fountain
Author: Mary Nichols
Narrator: Patience Tomlinson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-12-10
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Barbara Bosgrove is looking forward to the annual Harvest Ball. Her widowed father will be her escort, but it is not long before George Kennett seeks her out for a dance. George vows to win Barbaras hand in marriage and begins a slow and steady courtship. Little by little, Barbara is won over.
Worn down by several years of marriage to the unfaithful George, Barbara feels she has lost all the vitality of her youth. But her old friend Simon is not prepared to let Barbara lose sight of the woman she really is the woman he has always loved. He reawakens Barbaras passion and fighting spirit, but at what cost?
Members Reviews:
Painful story of a bad marriage
I found this book to be grey and gloomy but still a very good read. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, it is the story of young Barbara, a university student aspiring to being an artist, from a good family in a small Norfolk town who has the world before her. She has a friend, Penny, whose brother Simon is newly returned from the war when the book opens. Simon is struggling with a certain degree of PTSD but he has some interest in Barbara though he does not pursue it. Instead, a brash, ambitious and older man named George has designs on Barbara and relentlessly pursues her until circumstances lead Barbara into accepting a proposal of marriage.
The novel then follows the marriage of Barbara and George and his ruthless, dishonest and relentless drive to build up a building business. There are some good insights into his character for it is on him that the story turns. Ultimately, of course, he gets his comeuppance but only after he has ruined his marriage and committed serial adultry. Barbara struggles along for the sake of the children but she, too, is driven off the rails by Simon who never quite leaves her life.
I found this to be a well told, slightly old fashioned story by an author who writes well. Her stories are set in a timeframe with which I am not particularly familiar: the 1920s and 30s and I have found this to be very interesting from a personal perspective. She is very good at the anatomy of a failing, doomed marriage and although the subject matter might seem off-putting it does, nevertheless provide a page turning story as you follow the inevitable path of doom. There are few light moments in this book but even so it is entertaining and a good read. I would recommend this to someone feeling a little jaded who wants something different from chick lit or romantic fiction, especially as it is set in a little used timeframe.