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Title	:	The Outcast
Author	:	Sadie Jones
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	February 7th 2008 by Chatto & Windus
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. European Literature. British Literature

The Outcast

Sadie Jones

Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 3.62 | 8539 Users | 806 Reviews

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A mesmerizing portrait of 1950s hypocrisy and unexpected love, from a powerful new voice. It is 1957, and Lewis Aldridge, straight out of prison, is journeying back to his home in Waterford, a suburban town outside London. He is nineteen years old, and his return will have dramatic consequences not just for his family, but for the whole community. A decade earlier, his father's homecoming has a very different effect. The war is over and Gilbert has been demobilized. He reverts easily to suburban life—cocktails at six-thirty, church on Sundays—but his wife and young son resist the stuffy routine. Lewis and his mother escape to the woods for picnics, just as they did in wartime days. Nobody is surprised that Gilbert's wife counters convention, but they are all shocked when, after one of their jaunts, Lewis comes back without her. Not far away, Kit Carmichael keeps watch. She has always understood more than most, not least from what she is dealt by her own father's hand. Lewis's grief and burgeoning rage are all too plain, and Kit makes a private vow to help. But in her attempts to set them both free, she fails to foresee the painful and horrifying secrets that must first be forced into the open. In this brilliant debut, Sadie Jones tells the story of a boy who refuses to accept the polite lies of a tightly knit community that rejects love in favor of appearances. Written with nail-biting suspense and cinematic pacing, The Outcast is an emotionally powerful evocation of postwar provincial English society and a remarkably uplifting testament to the redemptive powers of love and understanding.

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Original Title:	The Outcast
ISBN:	0701181753 (ISBN13: 9780701181758)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2008), Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2008), Costa Book Award for First Novel (2008)

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Lewis Aldridge has been released after 2 years in prison. It is 1957, and he is coming home. But for some reason, nobody's really keen on seeing Lewis again. Why?Rewind to 1945. His father has just returned from the war and somewhat dismayed to see that young Lewis has become quite attached to his mother. For his part, Lewis barely remembers his father. A few years later, in a tragic accident, Lewis's drunken mother drowns in the river, and nothing is ever the same again. For anyone.For Lewis,

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Well this was a very bleak read, although the ending was at least optimistic. The book, starts in 1957 with nineteen year old Lewis being released from prison after serving two years for arson. What happened to bring him to that point is heartbreaking and it doesn't get much better going forward.I would recommend the read, as long as you realise it's not going to be a happy one.

This is by no means a light read. This is a novel that will make you think hard about life choices and how you as a person can affect those who love you.This is the story about a boy who goes through something tragic which leads onto a very troubled, confusing and angry path because of lack of support. Whilst reading this I found myself learning the importance of mental health and what it meant to those back before it was considered an actual thing. Jones's writing is the pinnacle point in

Set in a small village outside of London in the 1950s, this is a story about everyday people trying to cope with and hide their brokenness from everyone else. Lewis, our protagonist, witnesses the accidental death of his mother at 10 years old, and it understandably affects him deeply. But his wounds are left to fester when none of the adults in his life take any responsibility for giving him the emotional care he needs after such a traumatic incident. As he gets older, he turns to increasingly

I though The Outcast was a tremendous book. The writing style was lean and evocative at the same time. You'd never know it was a first novel. I found the characters believable and came to really care what happened to them even as they sometimes exasperated me. The plot dragged a tiny bit in the middle but persisting is worth the effort. I read the last few chapters while on the exercise bike and cried the whole time. Moving but definitely not sappy or sentimental. Lewis, the main character is

If Ian McEwen had ever been a sixteen year old girl, this is the book he would have written. A young boy loses his mother, and no one around him has the tools or the heart to help him recover. Instead, they all have their own levels of disfunction to travel through - all except one, who fanfic readers will recognize as a Mary Sue of the highest calibre. That's not to say this isn't a good read, if you enjoy a pretty good gothic mixed with a heavy dose of romantic idealism. My complaint is that