Ordinary Families

By E. Arnot Robertson

'I was running on happily because it was so good to be able to watch him under cover of my own talk, knowing exactly now what I wanted of him - mind, body, everything' Lallie is one of four children of the eccentric, quintessentially English Rush family. Boating, bird watching and inter-family rivalry are the focus of life in their village - Pin Mill, on the Suffolk marshes. Brought up on fair play and the 'family sense of humour' the Rush children soon learn to fend for themselves - on water and on dry land. We watch as Lallie grows to adulthood; loving and hating her 'ordinary' family, carving a space for herself in the shadow of her beautiful sister Margaret, who claims the lion's share of everything. But Lallie is special too, clear, clear-sighted, sexually aware. Just as well, for to keep the man she loves she faces the biggest family fight of all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385279353
• ISBN13: 9780385279352
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Dial Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

ordinary families

This book should be read by all who have grown up in a large family. The delightful language is a joy to read and the insights into middle-class family living in post w.w. 1 England brings that way of life into vivid reality. This author is unusually frank - for the times - in her portrayal of the development of a sensitive girl growing up in a relentlessly gung-ho family setting. The yachting experiences are such as to make the sea-sick sufferers cringe in sympathy. Do yourself a favour and READ IT !