tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post6157950382764024778..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Five From the Archive (no.7)StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-81452055069838222662012-08-31T12:36:36.128+01:002012-08-31T12:36:36.128+01:00Have you read Cold Light yet? That's another a...Have you read Cold Light yet? That's another about a pair/trio of girls and their intense friendship... extremely well portrayed, having been a teenage girl!Melnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-39749625169601755462012-08-24T00:53:10.902+01:002012-08-24T00:53:10.902+01:00Hmm...not sure about "friendship" but I&...Hmm...not sure about "friendship" but I'd definitely consider Mapp & Lucia an interesting pair!<br />BrigitteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-36229558449649594502012-08-23T12:44:48.248+01:002012-08-23T12:44:48.248+01:00A lovely example, thanks Mum!A lovely example, thanks Mum!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48213288366471386632012-08-23T12:44:38.042+01:002012-08-23T12:44:38.042+01:00That's definitely the tricky bit! There are l...That's definitely the tricky bit! There are lots of books which features pairs of women, but not that many where that relationship is the focal part of the novel (or whatever the book might be.) I was rather pleased to find five in my archive, but now there are lots of other ideas for me to pursue!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7213601991421164222012-08-23T12:43:26.271+01:002012-08-23T12:43:26.271+01:00Thank you for your kind words, Bruce!
The Slaves o...Thank you for your kind words, Bruce!<br />The Slaves of Solitude is a fantastic example, of course - I should have thought of it. Such a good book.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35966349796701320962012-08-23T12:42:45.077+01:002012-08-23T12:42:45.077+01:00Oh, yes, good idea - definitely not a nice friends...Oh, yes, good idea - definitely not a nice friendship, but a fascinating example of two women's relationship!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-39453665198161812412012-08-23T12:41:58.475+01:002012-08-23T12:41:58.475+01:00Oh, and I have it! I remember being struck by the...Oh, and I have it! I remember being struck by the blurb, but hadn't remembered what it was about - how wonderfully enticing!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48875094289136235662012-08-23T12:41:28.181+01:002012-08-23T12:41:28.181+01:00I've read none of them, so thank you for the s...I've read none of them, so thank you for the suggestions! And for the appreciation of the idea :) I thought it rather an interesting one when it struck me.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71910485663058769122012-08-22T20:07:56.899+01:002012-08-22T20:07:56.899+01:00How about Mary Smith and Matilda Jenkyns in 'C...How about Mary Smith and Matilda Jenkyns in 'Cranford'? A 'compare and contrast' pairing if ever there was one - but so successful - and kind!OVWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-25257744183186334432012-08-22T18:30:58.012+01:002012-08-22T18:30:58.012+01:00This provided more of a challenge than I thought i...This provided more of a challenge than I thought it would at first glance. I can think of loads of children's and YA titles that fit, but not nearly as many adult. I can also think of lots that deal with the friendships between three or four women, but not as many with the pair. I can also think of books with strong friendships between pairs of women, but they're not really books about the pair or about the friendship in the same way that the group friendship books tend to be. I wonder if it's just what I read (or my fallible memory) or if writers, at least contemporary writers, are more interested in exploring friendships that involve more than two people.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-25604662954205840792012-08-22T12:54:12.419+01:002012-08-22T12:54:12.419+01:00Hello, Simon. Funny Rose Macaulay should crop up ...Hello, Simon. Funny Rose Macaulay should crop up again as I first discovered your blog a couple of months ago while looking for impressions of 'The World My Wilderness'. I admire your erudition and your work.<br /><br />For its forensic and almost vivisectional ruthlessness, I would vote for the portrayal of Miss Roach and Vicki Kugelmann in one of your own favourites, 'The Slaves of Solitude', as the most memorable female 'unfriendship'. <br /><br />Cheers <br />Bruce Flemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-14554898319338336832012-08-22T12:42:03.118+01:002012-08-22T12:42:03.118+01:00I'm not sure I can come up with five, but what...I'm not sure I can come up with five, but what about 'Notes on a Scandal' by Zoe Heller? The older woman - I forget her name just now - is really chilling.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504446211868008723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41867879715511398602012-08-22T08:05:02.344+01:002012-08-22T08:05:02.344+01:00The Friendly Young Ladies, Mary Renault. Two bohem...The Friendly Young Ladies, Mary Renault. Two bohemian types living on a houseboat. Review <a href="http://callmemadam.livejournal.com/tag/mary%20renault" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31330997592959940402012-08-22T07:25:53.709+01:002012-08-22T07:25:53.709+01:00What a brilliant idea! Hmmm. What about Cecelia an...What a brilliant idea! Hmmm. What about Cecelia and Emmeline in To the North (Bowen)?<br /><br />If sisters count, then there are Madeline and Dinah in The Echoing Grove (Lehmann) (oh and sisters in Austen novels), and if children count, Bonnie and Sylvia in The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Aiken). Or is this cheating ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com