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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)

The Outcast

Sadie Jones

Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 3.62 | 8539 Users | 806 Reviews

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

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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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This story takes places in the 1950's in England, though much of the angst portrayed is just as common place today, no matter where you live. We meet Lewis Aldridge at the beginning of the story, he is 19 years old and just out of prison for setting fire to a church. He is hoping for a new chance at life, a new beginning, but things are off to a rocky start with his father, right from the beginning. The story then reverts back to Lewis' childhood. He is a happy though quiet child who enjoys his

The Outcast is an unforgettable, nostalgic little novel, taking place in post-war England in a small town, telling the story of a young man recently out of jail and finding himself an outsider among his former friends and family. How is he supposed to change their attitudes?

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.

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

There is merit to this book, but I found that it irritated me quite a bit. The events take place in rural England from 1945 to 1957, centering around Lewis Aldridge, the Outcast of the title. The author tortures poor Lewis throughout, so that we are properly prepared for his rousing redemption at the tales end. The bad people are pretty bad, the good people are few and far between. There is some middle ground as well, thankfully.Sadie Jones - image from The Guardian Lewis troubles begin when he

I came to read this book mostly due to a review on Goodreads, a negative review, that made the book sound atrocious. I liked the review, but as a couple of years went by I couldn't quite get it out of my head, and my curiosity - was it really as bad as all that? - prodded me to buy it when I saw it at my favourite second-hand bookshop. And the short answer is No, I don't think it's as bad as the other reviewer found it to be, and isn't that part of the joy and the complexity of reading? What's