A number of themes are covered in this book from aging, to family relationships to war.
Joan is suffering from Alzheimer's, her high flying daughter has put in her in a home, unable to cope with her mother, as well as the demands of a high flying job. The Boer War comes in to the plot through the diaries of Joan’s grandmother and her accounts of time in a concentration camp and Joan’s desire to find out what really happened to her family. The themes of how society judges and treats people whether is be on the grounds of race, sex or age makes for a very thought provoking read.
Joan McAllistair is about to embark on the 'Trip of a Lifetime' with her daughter Eloise; a journey back to her childhood South Africa and the family homestead in the old Boer Republic of the Orange Free State.
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Joan McAllistair is about to embark on the 'Trip of a Lifetime' with her daughter Eloise; a journey back to her childhood South Africa and the family homestead in the old Boer Republic of the Orange Free State.For Eloise, the trip is partly a gift, partly a means of assuaging her guilt at moving her mother into a care home. For Joan, the discovery of her grandmother's journal transports her to the troubled times of the Anglo-Boer war.
The Lighted Rooms features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Book Club Recommendations, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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The Lighted Rooms was written by Richard Mason and published by Orion Publishing Co
The Lighted Rooms has 498 pages
