The Children's Book

I've read The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt which follows the lives of four families in England from about 1885 to 1919. This was not an "easy" read. At times I found it difficult to follow which children belonged to which families. A little genealogy chart at the start of the book for each family would have been useful. It was also difficult to get into the story, but I persisted. There was a lot of side information about various issues to put the families and their stories into context. Sometimes that was interesting, others not. It is quite a thick paperback with small writing so a big challenge. Parts of it were very good. 31/2/5