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Good Reading : April 2015
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GOODREADINGMAGAZINE.COM.AU GOOD READING APRIL 2015 1010 A GRANDPARENT-SHAPED HOLE Grandparents – where would the modern working parent be without them? They look after the kids when mum and dad are at work; they act as a buffer between the kids and those horrid, rule-enforcing parents; and they dispense the wisdom that can only be gained from having lived on this earth for many decades. But where are they to be found in modern adult fiction? You can see them in kids books – think of the four grandparents in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gangsta Granny by David Walliams and Granny Grommet and Me by Karen Blair. But you won’t find many of them in books for adults, with the exception of Finnish writer Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book. British writer Helen Harr is decided to fill in this gap with her adult novel Sylvia Garland’s Broken Heart, which deals with the plight of grandparents who become estranged from their grandchildren when the marriage of the parents breaks up. The novel deals with the issue lightheartedly, but Harris recently reported that over a million children in Britain alone have no contact with their grandparents because of a family rift. GOODREADINGMAGAZINE.COM.AU BOOK TRIVIA Anthony Hopkins dispense the wisdom that can only be gained from having lived on this earth for many decades. But where are they to be found in modern adult fiction? You can see grandparents in who become estranged from their grandchildren when the marriage of the parents breaks up. The novel deals with the issue lightheartedly, but Harris recently Britain alone have no contact Granny CENTIREADING We’ve all heard of people who love a book so much that they’ve read it again and again. But not many people have read a book more than 100 times. Stephen Marche, however, is a Canadian writer and reader who has hit the ton twice. Writing recently in The Guardian, he admitted to having read Shakespeare’s Hamlet and The Inimitable Jeeves by P G Wodehouse more than 100 times. Marche was writing a dissertation on Hamlet, which was the prompt to get him to hit the century mark with his reading of the play. He has also coined the term ‘centireading’ for this act of reading endurance. But he’s not alone in reading a work more than 100 times. The actor Anthony Hopkins once said that he typically reads his scripts over 100 times, which he said gives him ‘a tremendous sense of ease and the power of confidence’. But not many people have read a book more than 100 times. Stephen Marche, however, is a Canadian writer and reader who has hit the ton twice. Writing recently in Guardian read Shakespeare’s The Inimitable Jeeves Wodehouse more than 100 times. Marche Anthony Hopkins books – think St ephenMarche
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