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Title: Endearing without being sentimental.
Review: Plainsong is the kind of book in which there are moving connections between 2 old bachelor brothers and a pregnant teenager; 2 young brothers and a lonely old woman; and in which even a one night stand is full of tenderness. The young brothers have a good father, but surprisingly this is the one relationship without much warmth. Plainsong is endearing without being sentimental, and all the characters are worth spending time with, especially the boys. Plainsong does not totally lack a hard edge, but the few mean personalities are movers only: the novel is never told from their perspective
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