tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2871447301625649345..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Five Go To Therapy Together - by John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61105798306702309602010-04-03T15:39:57.908+01:002010-04-03T15:39:57.908+01:00"Okay, George has gender-identity issues and ..."Okay, George has gender-identity issues and Julian’s a bit bossy and superior, but as a family there’s nothing really wrong with them.’"<br /><br />This line made me snort, out loud, at work. Loudly.<br /><br />Good job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20415688020957281842008-08-28T18:48:00.000+01:002008-08-28T18:48:00.000+01:00Lucy: maybe this is why school stories work so wel...Lucy: maybe this is why school stories work so well? It's much easier to have your 8-year-old escape direct adult supervision without the need for intervention from social services...<BR/><BR/>Nick: fascinating theory re. WWII - rings very true to me.<BR/><BR/>Bookwitch: "Scarpering without tea is better than being killed off." For the parents, certainly! Have you read Matt Haig's 'Shadow Forest'? I thoroughy enjoyed it, but I'll bet there were some serious discussions with his editor about the end of the first chapter!John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20673986120583528912008-08-28T17:17:00.000+01:002008-08-28T17:17:00.000+01:00Scarpering without tea is better than being killed...Scarpering without tea is better than being killed off.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, in translation the Five improve a great deal, and very little of the poshness gets in the way, because we know for a fact that this is what all English people are like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-83168303533409001232008-08-28T12:39:00.000+01:002008-08-28T12:39:00.000+01:00I've long had a theory that World War 2 had a mass...I've long had a theory that World War 2 had a massive formative effect on children's literature. The evacuation of all those children to the homes of strangers provided a context for countless adventures both real and fictional; it's everywhere in the literature of the time, either directly or indirectly. The Narnia books owe their existence to it. It's hard to imagine: half an entire nation's children sent off on parent-free 'adventures'. Some no doubt nice, some not so nice. (My own father enjoyed his, I know).Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67676739945913282002008-08-27T18:42:00.000+01:002008-08-27T18:42:00.000+01:00I'd never thought about the FF parent thing before...I'd never thought about the FF parent thing before--how right you are. Dysfunctional is definitely the word. I agree too about the parental presence being a pain when you're writing. I get rid of mine as soon as possible--conferences are good when they're teenagers and can fend for themselves. But it's going to be against the law if I leave my current 8 yr old boy on his own, isn't it? I'm not even going to try and get that one past the eagle-eyed editor!Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.com