Laurence Fearnley
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Laurence Fearnley is the author of several novels including Room and Edwin and Matilda. The Hut Builder won the fiction category of the 2011 NZ Post Book Awards. She also made the New Zealand Best Seller List in 2015 with her title Lydia Bradey: Going Up is Easy. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1963
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- New Zealand
- Asuinpaikat
- Dunedin, New Zealand
Germany - Koulutus
- Victoria University of Wellington (MA|Creative Writing|1997)
- Ammatit
- novelist
short story writer
curator - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Artists to Antarctica (2003/04)
Robert Burns Fellowship (2007)
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Kirja-arvosteluja
(8.5)This almost reached the heights of her earlier novel 'The Hut Builder' for me. The setting of the fictional Lake Matariki, (actually Lake Tekapo), is beautifully rendered along with the searingly cold climate, characters in their own right. There is a steady build in tension and the eventual climax and ending sadly failed to reach my expectation. After confronting his own personal situation, I felt there was no resolution. Nonetheless, I did really enjoy this return to her earlier form.
Told through the eyes of three women, Loretta the school librarian, Chance the teenager and Riva the older woman and environmentalist. Loretta is compiling ‘The Dangerous Book for Menopausal Women’, Chance is tied up in knots by a very controlling mother, and Riva is still mourning the loss of her sister while she works hard to establish a wetlands sanctuary. Four years ago, Riva and her sister built a den in a clearing, and all three characters develop a connection with the haven. Although the characters did come together and find strength from each other in the end, the book felt like it was missing a key event, a resolution, a powerful action, whether related to the wetland or Chance’s mother. Instead the story just petered out which was disappointing. Good writing, a lovely cover and beautiful botanical illustrations by Audrey Eagle.… (lisätietoja)
I always hope that this author will again achieve the standard she set with The Hut Builder. However, again I was disappointed. I enjoyed the characters of Chance and Riva. I found them identifiable but struggled to relate to the character of Loretta. I found her depiction inconsistent. An okay, read but not memorable.
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Full Review at: https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/winter-time-laurence-fearnley… (lisätietoja)