Raw Silk
A Fiction book. This is the most beautifully written account of the marriage of Virginia and Oliver...
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- Pages: 281 pages
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I thoroughly enjoyed this. It is so beautifully crafted that I found myself highlighting sentences and phrases out of sheer pleasure at Burroway's wordsmanship; she engages all the senses except, curiously, taste. And she does this funny thing with time-not just straightforward flashback, which is there, but also a kind of momentary... When Virginia married Oliver she didn't realise he was such a snob. She grew up in a trailer park and is a natural rebel, but rebelling against her upbringing meant heading for respectability in her eyes. Oliver became the manager of a textile firm in his native England and the pair are unexpectedly wealthy. Rowing over where to send... This is the most beautifully written account of the marriage of Virginia and Oliver Marbalestier, their relationship to each other, to their daughter and their attitude to life. Virginia is American and becomes increasingly submissive to the increasingly bullying behaviour of her English husband, whose values are a long way from hers....
