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Myerson has crafted a haunting love story that's rich in period detail. Like Patrick Suskind's Perfume, the text pulsates with the sights, sounds, and (last but not least) reeking odors of the city:
You are well acquainted with how the moisture clings to your face and hair regardless of the season, how the buildings lean so close in together that they coax the alley below into permanent shadow. How in winter there is flooding and in summer there is the big stink and then of course the cholera that floats into your chest, borne on the wind from all that filthy air.The author also paints a vivid, almost visceral portrait of motherhood and loss. At times, the sheer profusion of Dickensian detail can cloud the reader's enjoyment of the story. And we can wade through only so much relentless suffering before longing for a little humor, something that Myerson, unlike Dickens, has failed to factor into her account. Still, Laura Blundy remains an intelligent and deeply moving book, even if it takes nerves of steel to reach its rewarding conclusion. --Matthew Baylis
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Book Description Condition: Bueno. It begins with a shocking act of violence. On a humid, thundery afternoon, Laura Blundy murders the man who saved her life. He is her husband, but she has a lover. Fifteen years her junior, already the father of five, Billy is a laborer-one of thousands of faceless men installing the sewers in the city of London in the mid-1800s. He is the only passion Laura has ever known, and so she pursues her obsessive dream of their life together to its dire extremes. . . .EAN: 9781841153216 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: Laura BlundyAutor: Myerson, Julie Editorial: 4th Estate Peso: 196. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-06-20-d47f418f
Book Description Condition: Muy bueno. It begins with a shocking act of violence. On a humid, thundery afternoon, Laura Blundy murders the man who saved her life. He is her husband, but she has a lover. Fifteen years her junior, already the father of five, Billy is a laborer-one of thousands of faceless men installing the sewers in the city of London in the mid-1800s. He is the only passion Laura has ever known, and so she pursues her obsessive dream of their life together to its dire extremes. . . .EAN: 9781841153216 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: Laura BlundyAutor: Myerson, Julie Editorial: 4th Estate Peso: 196. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-08-04-c21eb98e
Book Description Paperback. Condition: 2001. A near fine copy. New edition. On a humid, thundery afternoon, Laura Blundy commits an appalling act. Or is it so appalling to free yourself, to run after the only passion you've ever known? This love story moves through a Victorian London which is tender, murky and unsettling. Seller Inventory # 21436482