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Title: Not up to comparison with Pilcher and Binchy
Review: I have to disagree with the editorial reviewer. I read this book because it was compared to Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy. It's not up to the level of either of these great writers. Fans of Pilcher's "Coming Home" will recognize some similarities, probably because Bacon was trying to write something similar. But unlike "Coming Home," the characters are not well enough developed that we care about them, so when terrible things happen to them, it seems excessive rather than tragic. It lacks the richness and depth of other, better war novels. Not terrible, but disappointing.
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