The Dark Flood Rises (Hardcover)

from jody12

Once it was established that this month's book was not selected in an 'age related' context, we had a great discussion concerning aging populations, communities, institutions and end of life choices. Drabble's protagonist, Fran, takes us along on a somewhat melancholy (some would even say morbid)...

from ShawIslandLibrary

Drabble has a very interesting tone. Distanced and dry, yet sparks of compassion here and there. I found this to be, at times, a moving examination of death (approaching it, contemplating it, analyzing it, experiencing the loss of others). I was left with no new insights, but an affirmation of ba...

from arubabookwoman

I used to read a lot of Margaret Drabble when I was in my 20's and 30's, when she wrote about women in their 20's and 30's, and I enjoyed her very much. Then, for some reason, I put her aside for many, many years. And now she is writing about women in their 60's and 70's (my age), and I have redi...

from tandah

I love Margaret Drabble's writing ... you get a little story through a character's thoughts, or a conversation, or a narrative ... and then next section we're two weeks on in another part of the country or the world ... and so on - and you get the story in pieces, often from different perspective...

from Steve38

Middle class friends and acquaintances age and muse about dying. It worries none of them. Everyone manages easily. But it makes them reflect. A novel about the inner self rather than the physicality of age and death. Well enough done but musings rather than deep thought.