Did anyone ever read the L shaped Room(book by Lynn Reid Banks)?I read this book years ago, and always thought it to be sad, but i'm reading it now and see it in another totally different way. Has the years changed my perception of life and happenings |
I share your views. I read it back in eighties and recently recommended it for my local book group to re-read and what a difference those years have made. I agree that it read as depressing, the first time around, but I always cared about the character. This time around it was such a different read, I did not feel nearly so connected to it.
I read it many years ago, when I was still at school. I am an OAP now, and your question has made me think I must read it again. I thought it was depressing the first time around. How society has changed with regard to unmarried mothers from those days.
I read this book long long ago after seeing the excellent film version directed by Bryan Forbes; of course our perceptions change as we age and society's attitudes change; at the time it was published having black,lesbian and homosexual characters portayed in a realistic unsensational light as in this novel, was rare.
I saw the Film many Years ago ,What they used to call a Kitchen sink drama ,I think I can remember Thora Hird was the Mother ,And was it Albert Finney in it not sure ,Yes it was a very depressing story ,But very much life in those days ,
Thoroughly enjoyed it. I appreciate her writing.
