Scan barcode
A review by colinlusk
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
4.0
Bought on impulse. My dad had a copy of this and another (The Small Miracle?) by the same author on his shelves when I was young but I never got around to reading it. It's a slim volume that packs a lot in: wild marshes, dubious Essex accents, care for animals, the Dunkirk evacuation, unrequited love (I'm not sure how many years have gone past - the girl's only 12 at the start of the book, so I hope the answer is "a lot") and heroism.
The goose in the name of the book brings the two main characters together and then goes on its own way as the world descends into war. I can imagine the story meaning a lot to children of that generation, but it belongs to a lost age: the way of life it describes is gone forever, and the innocence hopelessly tarnished.
The goose in the name of the book brings the two main characters together and then goes on its own way as the world descends into war. I can imagine the story meaning a lot to children of that generation, but it belongs to a lost age: the way of life it describes is gone forever, and the innocence hopelessly tarnished.