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Title: WEATHERING.
Authors: BRANDON ROBSHAW
Source: Independent (UK). 01/10/2016.
Abstract: "Arse over elbow and a mouthful of river", begins this novel, and we are plunged into an extended description of a woman, Pearl, struggling and flailing around in the water, her body reduced to grey dust, swept along by the current. Cut, then, to Pearl's daughter Ada and grand-daughter Pepper, who have moved into the old cottage in the sodden valley where Ada grew up, now that Pearl is dead. Ada had been estranged from her mother for 13 years; sorting out the house brings back a flood of memories, while six-year-old Pepper, "lucid and morbid", soaks up her new surroundings, and makes private, perceptive observations to herself. They don't intend to stay permanently; yet gradually find themselves settling in, forging connections with old and new friends, as Pearl's ashes continue their journey towards the sea. The novel is heavy with atmosphere and lyrical descriptions. Very fine prose, but too careful, the sentences too obviously polished; for me a little too redolent of the creative writing class. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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  Data: "Arse over elbow and a mouthful of river", begins this novel, and we are plunged into an extended description of a woman, Pearl, struggling and flailing around in the water, her body reduced to grey dust, swept along by the current. Cut, then, to Pearl's daughter Ada and grand-daughter Pepper, who have moved into the old cottage in the sodden valley where Ada grew up, now that Pearl is dead. Ada had been estranged from her mother for 13 years; sorting out the house brings back a flood of memories, while six-year-old Pepper, "lucid and morbid", soaks up her new surroundings, and makes private, perceptive observations to herself. They don't intend to stay permanently; yet gradually find themselves settling in, forging connections with old and new friends, as Pearl's ashes continue their journey towards the sea. The novel is heavy with atmosphere and lyrical descriptions. Very fine prose, but too careful, the sentences too obviously polished; for me a little too redolent of the creative writing class. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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