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Loading... The Excellent Lombards (original 2016; edition 2016)by Jane Hamilton (Author)
Work InformationThe Excellent Lombards by Jane Hamilton (2016)
   No current Talk conversations about this book.  Marietje.Halbertsma | Jan 9, 2022 |    ) jepeters333 | Oct 11, 2021 | The story is narrated by Frankie who grows up with her slightly older brother William on an apple orchard run by her father and uncle. Frankie and William love the rhythm of the apple growing seasons, the picking, the making of cider, the selling at the market,etc. - as youngsters they want for nothing else. As Frankie grows older she begins to understand lessons from her teacher and from Gloria, a dedicated farm assistant, and second wife to her father. But as time passes so does the idealic life of a complicated business. New relations come to stake a claim in the future of the farm and Frankie rails against the changes that she sees, her most impressive rant comes from her own brother actually wanting to go off to college, something Frankie never thought about. Mrs. Hamilton has done an excellent time of evoking a time and place and used many of her own experiences to bring Frankie to life, a pleasant read. novelcommentary | Jul 17, 2018 |  ) Smits | Oct 9, 2017 | I won this from a goodreads giveaway (  ) cdevine18 | Sep 17, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
"From the internationally bestselling author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World, a heartfelt coming-of-age story that Karen Joy Fowler calls "a timeless classic book you will read and reread." Mary Frances "Frankie" Lombard is fiercely in love with her family's sprawling apple orchard and the tangled web of family members who inhabit it. Content to spend her days planning capers with her brother William, competing with her brainy cousin Amanda, and expertly tending the orchard with her father, Frankie desires nothing more than for the rhythm of life to continue undisturbed. But she cannot help being haunted by the historical fact that some family members end up staying on the farm and others must leave. Change is inevitable, and threats of urbanization, disinheritance, and college applications shake the foundation of Frankie's roots. As Frankie is forced to shed her childhood fantasies and face the possibility of losing the idyllic future she had envisioned for her family, she must decide whether loving something means clinging tightly or letting go"-- No library descriptions found. |
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What I liked:
* The point of view. Choosing Francis Lombard as the narrator gives us a wonderful chance to understand how a farm kid reasons. It makes the novel more interesting.
* The author did thorough research and the farm issues were very realistic.
* Short chapters that stuck to one theme.
* Sense of humor
What I didn't like:
* The main character was sometimes too much obtuse. When she got older she naturally would have come to understand why the farm needed to change. As the book went on I liked her less and less.
* Loose ends were tied up to fast in the end. Other issues like Frances' attitude toward aunt May Hill don't get developed any further.
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