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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Nathalia Holt

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In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking...

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Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil: Frontiers and Fissures of Agro-Neoliberalism

Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris

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Due to new production areas and persistent productivity gains, Brazil has consolidated its position...

Towards the Mathematics of Quantum Field Theory

Frederic Paugam

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This ambitious and original book sets out to introduce to mathematicians (even including graduate...

ClareR (5950 KP) rated The Bass Rock in Books

May 29, 2020 (Updated May 29, 2020)

The Bass Rock

Evie Wyld | 2020 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

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The Bass Rock is based around three different women: Sarah, Ruth and Viviane - and of course, the Bass Rock seems to be a constant. It really exists, I've googled it, and it's off the coast of North Berwick in Scotland. This is where the story is set.

The novel looks at a lot of themes over the years: the role of women, both their expected role and what they actually want to do; relationships between men and women, and those relationships between women as well; cruelty and abuse; and mental health is an important theme, and indeed is central to a great many of the characters.

It's just the kind of book that I enjoy reading, both in style and thematic content. Sometimes you just need a book that ticks along, one that's in no rush to get where it's going. If that makes you think that this is a boring book, it really isn't. There's a lot going on in these timelines, the characters have a lot of things to deal with in their relationships and lives in general, but I never felt rushed. It's a book that I wanted to last. In fact, I really do think that this has been an ideal book to read during this coronavirus lockdown. I think that it will also be a book that I gift to other people.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me my ebook copy.