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The Memory Keepter's Daughter. Nope. Don't get it.

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nkf · 21/08/2009 14:28

Just finished it and baffled by its success. Interesting premise but so drearily written. Poor characterisation. Don't get it at all. What's the appeal?

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NorksNappiesAndNowtElse · 21/08/2009 18:02

JANEITE!!!! I have a thread going for you about Max Tivoli

Chevre · 21/08/2009 18:01

the accountant of slough
the binman's great aunt

Chevre · 21/08/2009 18:00

yes it was shite. heaven preserve us from a film version

littlenamelessunrememberedacts · 21/08/2009 17:59

The Witchfinder's Chiropodist

The Puffin-Frotter of Pimlico

janeite · 21/08/2009 17:57

The Ineptitude Of Modern Fiction
The Tedium Of Richard And Judy
The Genius Of Austen

The Checkout Girl's Sexlife
The Headteacher's Piles
The Barrister's Shopping List

Etc

UnquietDad · 21/08/2009 17:56

Or

The 's

midnightexpress · 21/08/2009 17:53

So the formula is:

The of

or

The of

Thus:

The carpet-seller of Baghdad
The diamond merchant of St Petersburg
or
The Wheelwright of Clovelly

or

The Mayor of Casterbridge

elmofan · 21/08/2009 17:28

oh i loved the book but i was very disappointed with the film ,

littlenamelessunrememberedacts · 21/08/2009 17:21

The Horse-Leech of High Wycombe
The Toad Sexer's Tennis Partner

irritates the pants off me

janeite · 21/08/2009 17:15

I read it in desperation on holiday last year and thought it was utter, utter shite.

I did like The TT's Wife though.

yada · 21/08/2009 17:11

memory keepers daughter could have been so much better, good idea for a story but crap writing.

dont even bother watching the film, dh was not feeling great and had fallen asleep on me and i could not rach the control. i had to sit right through it as i did not want to wake him by moving him

UnquietDad · 21/08/2009 17:11

The Glassblower's Stepdaughter.
The Soothsayer of Azerbaijan.
The Paperweight Collector.

Easy, this, isn't it?

SkaterGrrrrl · 21/08/2009 17:05

"I much preferred TTW to TMKD."

Me too.

muggglewump · 21/08/2009 16:48

I have this in my reading pile along with Splendid Suns and Kevin.
I just finished The Book Thief last night and not sure what to start next?

Maybe I'll go for the rubbishy Lisa Keyplas book instead!

NorksNappiesAndNowtElse · 21/08/2009 16:45

I much preferred TTW to TMKD.

Something made me by the next book she had written, but didn't realise until I started the bloody thing that it was all short stories. Short stories with no sodding endings.

tiredOFTHEDMemma · 21/08/2009 16:43

I thought that it was crap.

I liked 1000 splendid suns though.

Thelongroadhome · 21/08/2009 16:36

I enjoyed it. Havent read any of those other ones though.

midnightexpress · 21/08/2009 16:27

Ah yes, NFK, in which our zero hero takes himself off to India and buys a motorbike to cycle home through the bazaars of Samarkand, the alleyways of old Isanbul and the fleshpots of Berlin, leaving his wife alone with their newborn baby for 6 weeks?

The Apothecary's Nephew definitely plausible though.

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nkf · 21/08/2009 14:48

The Mumsnetter's Husband.

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OrmIrian · 21/08/2009 14:47

The Shoemaker's Great Aunt
The Quantity Surveyor's Nanny
The Rat Catcher's Friend of the family.....

ChasingSquirrels · 21/08/2009 14:46

I enjoyed it, but I also found it interesting as my uncle was born around that time and has down's.

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nkf · 21/08/2009 14:45

I know what you mean, Midnight Express. The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Time Traveller's Wife. The The Apothecary's Nephew. I made that last one up but it could easily be a real title.

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TalkIsCheap · 21/08/2009 14:44

And I gave on the Thousand SUns book

Impenetrable, to me at least

MadreInglese · 21/08/2009 14:40

Well I also liked Time Traveler's Wife if that tells you anything midnightexpress

OrmIrian · 21/08/2009 14:37

OMG nooooo tis miles better than TTW. It didn't make me want to kill anyone for a start.

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