tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post3735413022994928993..comments2024-03-27T08:36:21.905+00:00Comments on silencing the bell: Notes from an Exhibitionmartinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post-9312904165231907452010-11-23T15:23:23.273+00:002010-11-23T15:23:23.273+00:00Hi Rachel, I confess I don't know anything abo...Hi Rachel, I confess I don't know anything about the Quakers other than them being pacifist. What I liked was simply the relationships between the members of the family and also the fact that he didn't 'romanticise' Rachel's mental illness, that it had plainly impacted greatly on her family but that it had not dramatically torn it apart or anything, they had just quietly got on with life in the face of their problems. I appreciate what you mean though, sometimes when you recognise a situation in a novel too closely it can leave you disturbed.<br />thanks for your comment<br />martinemartinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post-85222314277573462982010-11-22T21:27:51.035+00:002010-11-22T21:27:51.035+00:00You mentioned this the other day and I wondered wh...You mentioned this the other day and I wondered what you'd make of it... I read it last year or so and absolutely hated it! I think it was too close to home maybe (I come from a Quaker family with plenty of mental illness around) but I found it didn't ring true at all. Once I'd finished it I couldn't even bear to have it in the house! But I have friends who really enjoyed it...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com