![]() ![]() Would love to hear what other readers think!Īn outstanding historical novel that will linger in the mind long after the last page is turned, The Postcard is award-winning author Leah Fleming’s best book yet. I personally think we should have had more of Melissa and less of Phoebe. Somehow this seems to lesson the high points in the story especially what happens to Callie during the war. The trouble with the narrative begins when Callie grows up and her experiences are sandwiched between Phoebe's. For me Fleming did Scotland and Callie's childhood really well. I decided to actually write this review and award three stars because of the subject matter that Fleming has tackled and also because I don't normally read popular fiction and I'm still not sure if my criticisms are because of that fact or because of the construction of the books. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered the reference to Beaulieu Abbey that really intrigued me and after being naughty and checking the acknowledgements I quickly realised what Fleming had taken on. ![]() I thought, at first, that Leah Fleming was an Australian Woman Wirter but no, she isn't. ![]() ![]() I bought it for the train last week mainly because it was about 1930s London and 2002 Australia. I've actually only read 133 pages of The Postcard and skimmed the rest. ![]()
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