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Tonijb
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RE: Overall, what do you think of The Narrowboat Summer (please, no spoilers in this thread)
I loved it - such a wonderful escape from this year . I enjoyed all of the characters and how their personalities and lives slowly unfolded . I enjoyed the inter- connectedness of their story . Truly a tale of female friendship . I also enjoyed that these were not “ jeune fille” but tales of women with experience , women who have lived full lives and still have a lot more ahead . I liked that both the male and female characters were well rounded out and written as to be believable . I even felt the pace of the novel reflected the traveling itself . I looked forward to when I could return to reading when I inevitably had to take breaks. Although it was a great escape book , it was also thought- provoking. I wonder to this day how they are all doing ...
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ABeman
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RE: Do you think Sally, Eve, Anastasia, and Trompette change over the course of the novel, or do they simply become truer versions of themselves? Is there a difference?
I feel as if facets of their characters are brought to the fore when those facets may have been obscured before this narrowboat summer. It’s like when you’re writing (or reading a memoir), you are presenting your narrator (yourself) as a persona — the you that best fits the greater truth of the narrative.
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BayParkReader
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RE: Do you think Sally, Eve, Anastasia, and Trompette change over the course of the novel, or do they simply become truer versions of themselves? Is there a difference?
I think as Sally and Eve experienced life on the canals and let attitudes and expectations adjust to the simpler lifestyle they became more comfortable in their own skins.
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elise
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RE: Discuss, "taking photos as they travelled in the Number One was as unlikely as taking photos at her kitchen sink. This was not a holiday. It was life, going on in unrecorded moments."
I agree with tmmarti - I find myself as I get older, not taking as many pictures and trying to live in the moment. I have so many pictures that I rarely look at that I try now to just remember the full experience - sights, smells, feelings, etc.
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beckyd
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RE: Do you think Sally, Eve, Anastasia, and Trompette change over the course of the novel, or do they simply become truer versions of themselves? Is there a difference?
Poniesnpearls said it very well. I look at the women's evolutions a little bit like Dorothy's realization that what she was looking for (going home), she had all along. She just had to make the journey to discover it.
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kimk
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RE: How do you feel that the geographic orientation described by Sally affects life on the canals and the relationships that develop there?
I think that for the most part, the narrowboat community is very confined, and the paths the boats take are limited by necessity. You constantly meet the same people all the time, so you get to know something about the other members of the community. It's kind of like a linear neighborhood!
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barbarao
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RE: Overall, what do you think of The Narrowboat Summer (please, no spoilers in this thread)
Loved it! The characters in the book matched in my imagination, the kinds of people that might live on a boat, especially the Narrowboats on the canals in England. I found myself transported to a different place far from my home and away from the the world we are all experiencing globally, the Pandemic. It was a great escape.
