Julie Christine Round
Author of Lane's End
About the Author
Works by Julie Christine Round
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- Legal name
- Round, Julie Christine
- Other names
- oldstick
- Birthdate
- 1942-01-30
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- Worthing, West Sussex, UK
- Education
- Ealing Grammar School
Balls Park Training College - Occupations
- Junior school teacher
politician
tutor - Organizations
- Society of Women Writers and Journalists
- Short biography
- Born in Slough, Bucks. Married to Ben in 1966. Two sons, Martin (1968) and Gordon (1972) Has lived in Southall, Spennymoor (Co Durham), Hartlepool, Boulmer (Northumberland), Farnborough, Gillingham (Kent) and Sevenoaks.
Was the Liberal member of the County Council for Gillingham NE from 1985-1989. Now living, with husband, on the South Coast and writing short stories and novels. Interests include traditional jazz and folk music. Has a lifelong interest in disability that restricts learning or affects memory, from language difficulties to dementia. Now giving talks and reciting poetry and recording for the blind.
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Natural events change landscapes and also the people of the affected community. In this sequel to "Land's End" readers find Katie exploring a new life.
"The Third Lane" by Julie C. Round is a celebration of growth and opportunity. Its focus is on 16-year-old Heather's transition to maturity. Its opening scene of confrontation with her mother signals how very much she wants to leave her childhood behind.
Readers of "Lane's End" and "The Un-Stable Life" will be pleased to discover this continuation. Heather is not alone in finding challenges. As she progresses from high school to college others in the family acquire new interests. All are interesting, all are credible.… (more)
Readers of "Lane's End" and "The Un-Stable Life" will be pleased to discover this continuation. Heather is not alone in finding challenges. As she progresses from high school to college others in the family acquire new interests. All are interesting, all are credible.… (more)
This book will principally be of interest to those who have read and enjoyed its predecessor, 'Lane's End'. It picks up just a short time after the previous book left off, following the family and a slightly expanded cast of friends and neighbours on a year or two of marital, financial and environmental strife.
Told in the same concise, unfussy style, and organised into bite-size chunks, the story tends more towards brief vignettes - a runaway horse, louts in the orchard, a blown-up Bingo hall, all arranged around the normal comings and goings of the family. Although a big upcoming trauma is tentatively foreshadowed, the best element of this book for me was the introduction of a character from Bernard's past. The infilling of his story was quite fascinating, and culminated in a twist I didn't see coming.
Whilst it missed the high emotional drama of the first book, it was interesting to follow the ongoing fortunes of these familiar and likeable characters.… (more)
Told in the same concise, unfussy style, and organised into bite-size chunks, the story tends more towards brief vignettes - a runaway horse, louts in the orchard, a blown-up Bingo hall, all arranged around the normal comings and goings of the family. Although a big upcoming trauma is tentatively foreshadowed, the best element of this book for me was the introduction of a character from Bernard's past. The infilling of his story was quite fascinating, and culminated in a twist I didn't see coming.
Whilst it missed the high emotional drama of the first book, it was interesting to follow the ongoing fortunes of these familiar and likeable characters.… (more)
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When we think of runaway persons we usually see them as teenagers. In "Never Run Away" the missing person is Barbara Sharp, a mature married woman whose recently retired husband, Tony, is slow to realize how little he knew about her.
Barbara becomes "Tania Baker" and takes advantage of every opportunity. She's resourceful and adaptable. Most notable is her relationship with Ellen Boniface.
As he tries to track her Tony, ironically, expands his universe. He keeps in touch with their daughter, Carole, and makes friends at various stopovers. Some of his rough edges are smoothed when he gets a job driving a bus whose passengers thank him as they get off. (I live in a community where this is the custom.)
The book's title,"Never Run Away," implies that running away is not the best choice.....but perhaps there are times when running away leads to new and better lives.… (more)