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Title: I have no idea what "Virgin" is all about,
Review: except to sell books. I cannot identify with any of the characters. Incredibly outlandish (another reviewer said "unpredictable" -- a real understatement). I picked the book up a discount retailer after thumbing through it. Set in Yorkshire, England, 1952/1953, it provided me memories of Robin's Hood Bay (the hike); the names of all the plants (interestingly, gorse was never mentioned -- did I miss that one?); and the petit point hassocks for the pews at St Bartholomew's. Hmmmm.At the time Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway" was published, a critic said it would not be read in 50 years. I can't imagine "The Virgin in the Garden" being read 50 years from now, but with sequels, etc., it appears the author is hoping for lucrative movie deals, ala Harry Potter.
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