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5-6 October 2013 | 92 comments (92 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Living on the Planet (4.00 / 9)
<digs out copy of The Shell Seekers that hasn't moved from its shelf since the late '80s (with the exception of a house move)>

The back of cover blurb says:

With THE SHELL SEEKERS, the great family novel is reborn. Refreshing in its traditional values and people with characters that you will recognize, warm to and remember for the rest of your life, it is a magical reading experience.

Having completely forgotten all the characters and indeed everything but the pretty title, I open the book at random.

'How shall we get there?'
'We shall have to work it out. A train to Truro, perhaps. A taxi.'
'But wouldn't it be more fun to drive?' She was struck by a brilliant idea. 'We'll take the Bentley. Papa will lend us the Bentley.'

So refreshing, the traditional values.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Oct 5th, 2013 at 09:09:10 AM EST
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