Friday, January 6, 2012

It Takes A Village

This story, It Takes A Village by Christine Stinson was quite sweet. Sophie is growing up in the suburbs of Sydney in the 1950s and 1960s. She discovers quite young that she is illegitimate. She lives with her grandfather after her mother and grandmother died when Sophie was very young. Her next door neighbour, Mrs Hogan, acts as her "mother" and with a number of people in the street is a great help to her. Unfortunately, there are gossips who make her life difficult. Sophie becomes obsessed with discovering who her father is. As she grows up she becomes romantically involved and the story has an almost inevitable conclusion. A pleasant sweet story. 31/2/5

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