Book Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: Brick Babies and
Paper Dolls
Subtitle:
Author:
Elizabeth Grimes Brown
Genre: Fiction
Part of a series?
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57937845-new-title-1brick-babies-and-paper-dolls
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
Annie and Dora are two young girls living in
a deprived area of Liverpool in the early fifties. They live different lives,
Annie wants to be a nurse and Dora’s chances in this life are hampered by the
occupation of her mother. Lots of twists and turns bring us to the real origins
of Dora’s existence and there are some journeys across the pond. Will they find
happiness?
What
I liked about the book:
This book has lots of twists and turns and
unexpected outcomes.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
When Dora finds out who she really is.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
I have now read several books by this author
and they are all worth checking out.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This is historical fiction of recent history.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Probaby
not |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like books with romance and loss, this book
may be the book for you.
Book
Description by Author:
At the height of the big blitz in the early
1940's, Annie O'Brien and Dora Doran are two little girls born into a deprived,
working class area of Liverpool's docklands.
While re-creating play homes from the bombed
buildings rubble, they each have dreams of escape. Annie has aspirations of one
day becoming a famous film star. Dora's main objective is to run away from home
as soon as she can.
Following the girls through their formative
years from age ten, we follow their lives as they pursue different paths. Annie
now aged 18 and working as a department store cashier while waiting to start
her nurse's training, meets, by chance, a very different Dora to the morose,
sad little girl she grew up with. She is shocked to learn that her childhood
friend is now making a very comfortable living as an escort with additional
benefits on offer.
Secrets and lies from Dora's childhood come
out as the teenagers rekindle their friendship and reflect on their early
years.
Links with America brings about a big
disclosure, and the future holds many changes for both girls as one of them
strives to achieve her ultimate goal.
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