Thrown tells the story of four
women Becky, Louise, Jameela and Sheila who all live on the Inventor’s Housing
Estate. As manager of the local community centre, Becky is constantly looking
for new ways to bring the community together and to also raise vital funds to
keep the centre open. The new pottery class draws all four women together, and
we get to peek behind the net curtains of their homes and their lives.
As they work the clay into vases
and pots, we discover what made these women come to the classes…whether it be
heartache, secrets or relationships that have lost their spark.
As a debut novel, I thought this
was amazing and, on many occasions, I heard her voice in my head so it really
felt like she put a lot of herself onto the pages. The characters were
interesting, warm and friendly – although sometimes I thought Sheila was a
little bitchy to Louise but I soon got over that the occasional barbed comment!
I’ve never done pottery, and so
was concerned before I read the book that I wouldn’t understand some of the
terminology but Sasha, the pottery teacher in the book, taught me alongside his
literary class members and it’s now made me want to run down to Hobbycraft and
grab some clay!!
I loved this so much, that I had
to ration my reading of it, as I didn’t want it to end. Please don’t let this
be the last we hear of Becky, Louise, Jameela and Sheila?!
I should add that I worked at
Radio 2 and met Sara on occasions, however this review is a completely honest
one.
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