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The Marriage of Rose Camilleri
The Marriage of Rose Camilleri | Robert Hough
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An illuminating portrait of an unconventional marriage by bestselling and critically acclaimed author Robert Hough. When Rose Camilleri and Scotty Larkin meet, neither expects to spend a lifetime together, navigating a sometimes turbulent marriage and scraping through the process of raising a family. When he first enters the bakery where she works, she is a new arrival from the tiny island nation of Malta, fond of rabbit stew and Hollywood cinema. He is a thoughtful printers assistant recently released from juvenile detention after stealing and swiftly totalling a strangers car. Even after years of marriage and two children together, Rose struggles to shake the idea that perhaps she should have held out for someone as voluble and optimistic as herself. But while some marriages are weakened by trauma, Rose and Scotty's union is strengthened by the act of survival, and they find their own kind of happiness along the way. In The Marriage of Rose Camilleri, Robert Hough writes his larger-than-life characters with warmth, insight and humour, displaying the masterful approach to storytelling that gained his previous novels acclaim and several prestigious award nominations. Hough transports the reader into the epicentre of an unconventional love story, where he draws out captivating details from the fabric of an ordinary shared lifetime to create a story that lives in the moment and takes seriously the small but vital details of everyday life.
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This is just simply a nice story of a marriage with some moments of lovely writing inside. The book that will always be considered the best for me about this is Dear Evelyn by Kathy Page. In terms of this one making the Longlist for the Giller Prize, I would be very surprised. While it‘s a very nice story I doubt it would be one that catches the judges‘ eyes. #ShadowGiller

Lindy “Nice” is not the adjective that points to a Giller book, is it? 2y
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Going to return to some #ShadowGiller reading now. I‘m thinking, without really starting it, this is a long shot for a Giller nomination? We shall see!

Lindy You are probably a better reader for this than I am because I cannot muster any enthusiasm for it after reading the blurb. 🙃 (edited) 2y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders @Lindy I of course will let you know once I‘m finished with it!! 😊 2y
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