Melina Marchetta's The Place on Dalhousie
Don’t mind me, I’m just over here blubbering about the latest novel from Marchetta! This is the third of her books set in the world of Saving Francesca and The Piper's Son; the kids are now in their mid-twenties, so I guess we're out of the YA realm now. Jimmy is the focus of this one—along with the girl he's impregnated, and her stepmother, who are feuding over the house her father built. As usual, the plot is interesting (and has a couple of surprises), but it's the characters that really shine. I just love all these kids and their friendships and love for one another, and now they support each other. I don’t see that enough in books. Anyway, I loved this, of course. A.
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