Sarah Rayner
Trade Paperback | Pages: 408 pages Rating: 3.45 | 5068 Users | 759 Reviews
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| Title | : | One Moment, One Morning |
| Author | : | Sarah Rayner |
| Book Format | : | Trade Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 408 pages |
| Published | : | March 3rd 2010 by Picador (first published 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Adult Fiction. European Literature. British Literature. Drama. Romance |
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The Brighton to London line. The 07:44 train. Carriages packed with commuters. A woman applies her make-up. Another occupies her time observing the people around her. A husband and wife share an affectionate gesture. Further along, a woman flicks through a glossy magazine. Then, abruptly, everything changes: a man has a heart attack, and can't be resuscitated; the train is stopped, an ambulance called. For at least three passengers on the 07:44 on that particular morning, life will never be the same again. Lou witnesses the man's final moments. Anna and Lou share a cab when they realise the train is going nowhere fast. Anna is Karen's best friend. And Karen? Karen's husband is the man who dies. Telling the story of the week following that fateful train journey, One Moment, One Morning is a stunning novel about love and loss, about family and - above all - friendship. A stark reminder that, sometimes, one moment is all it takes, it also reminds us that somehow, and despite everything, life can and does go on.Define Books Supposing One Moment, One Morning
| Original Title: | One Moment, One Morning |
| ISBN: | 0330518828 (ISBN13: 9780330518826) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.45 From 5068 Users | 759 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books One Moment, One Morning
I thought that this was a decent, easy read in between reading some of the classics such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre (which I am currently working through). I thought that the shift between perspectives helped give this book a meaning and pad it out moreso - it would have been tedious to read such a book if it were to have only been in, say, Karen's point of view, as much of her role was focused around feeling useless and helpless around the time of her husband's death. Obviously this isVery likable and relatable group of women. Loved the way the bonded and supported each other despite such different lives and under trying circumstances.
Present tense - my bete noir. If she used it for this book only, it was appropriate. My guess is though she writes in present tense.However - it dealt well with the issues for the most part and described well how some people feel when hit by bereavement - the sense of dislocation.The scenes dealing with an alcoholic were realistic to the point of distressing for me.
If you're looking for deep, thoughtful literature, look elsewhere. "One Moment, One Morning", for all its serious issues (bereavement, alcoholism, lesbianism) is a light, almost gentle book. The publisher's comparisons to Kate Atkinson are not unreasonable, but Rayner's writing has nothing like the same depth.Nonetheless, her characters are likeable and her novel is very readable. I rattled through all 400 pages in just over two days, partly because the book is well structured, the prose is
The last of my most recent stash of "airport" books - and that's a good thing! It was touted as "A masterfully written novel about the healing power of friendship, this is the story of three women whose lives become inextricably linked after a life-changing event during their morning commute into London." If only this had been an accurate description of the book! The author effectively explores the emotions surrounding the sudden and premature death of a husband and father. One of the subplots
Sarah Rayner is an author I have only recently come across and this is the first book I have read of hers. Impressed by this début novel I have already sourced a copy of her latest published last year 'The Two Week Wait'. The subject matter of this story is a sad one but the author carries it off with out becoming unduly sentimental and with good characterisations. The main themes of the novel are death, grief, alcoholism and sexuality, cleverly dealt with this made for a pleasurable read. I
I bought this book because of the location it's set in, and I think that's become my main problem with it.First of all, I found the writing rather clunky and this was only emphasised by the way she described Brighton.Being from the town myself, I was irritated by conversations such as "Which hospital are you at?" "The Royal Sussex County Hospital" "What, in Kemptown??" which would just never, ever be said, ever, if you were from here. It is the largest hospital around and by just saying "The
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