A Dry Spell
by Clare Chambers
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Nina is worried about her son; he has a strange new girlfriend, and it looks like he's on drugs. Guy is worried about his wife, Jane, who's picked up some quite bizarre habits. But Jane is worried about herself; motherhood isn't working out and neither, it seems, is marriage. Then there's Hugo, out of the picture for seventeen years, ever since that terrible desert trip. If he returns he could destroy Jane and Guy's marriage. Unless Nina gets there first.Tags
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I've loved all the other Clare Chambers books I've read, so was really looking forward to reading A Dry Spell. For the most part I did enjoy it, although I think it lost its way a little in the middle.
The story features Nina, a single mother of a son who is just about to go to university, and Guy and Jane, a couple going through a difficult patch and who have two young daughters, one of whom Jane struggles to deal with. The connection between them isn't clear until the middle section and the part about four students taking a field trip to the Algerian desert.
I thought the modern day Nina was great, really well written and some of her thoughts and actions did make me laugh. Clare Chambers does have a style of writing that is quite dry show more and humorous. Guy and Jane were also interesting as a couple.
Perhaps the book was just a little too long and the middle section a bit drawn out, but I did enjoy much of the story. show less
The story features Nina, a single mother of a son who is just about to go to university, and Guy and Jane, a couple going through a difficult patch and who have two young daughters, one of whom Jane struggles to deal with. The connection between them isn't clear until the middle section and the part about four students taking a field trip to the Algerian desert.
I thought the modern day Nina was great, really well written and some of her thoughts and actions did make me laugh. Clare Chambers does have a style of writing that is quite dry show more and humorous. Guy and Jane were also interesting as a couple.
Perhaps the book was just a little too long and the middle section a bit drawn out, but I did enjoy much of the story. show less
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- Canonical title
- A Dry Spell
- Original title
- A Dry Spell
- Original publication date
- 2000-10
- People/Characters
- Guy Bromelow; Jane Bromelow; Nina Osland; James Osland; Hugo Etchells
- Important places
- London, England, UK; Algeria
- First words
- As soon as her son, James, started driving lessons, some months before his eighteenth birthday, Nina Osland sold her car.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They stood at the open window for some time, arms around each other, enjoying the silence of the house, with the girls both safely asleep in the next room, and looking out at the evening sky which was feathered with high cirrus clouds - the first unmistakable signs of a change in the weather.
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- Danish, Dutch, English, German
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