I wanted to share this timely review of ‘Museum’ by Charlie Britten. It’s wonderful how bloggers, writers & readers all support each other. Thanks Charlie! The Museum e-book is only 99p until Sunday 8th Feb.
Available from Sally Jenkins’ blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Broken_Relationships
The inspiration for ‘The Museum of Fractured Lives’ came from the author alighting – purely by chance – on the website of The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb. (There is a similar museum in Brussels too, by the way.) In 2011 the Zagreb museum was the winner of the EMF Kenneth Hudson Award for demonstrating the most ‘unusual, daring and, perhaps, controversial achievement that challenges common perceptions of the role of museums in society’. Now, I want to go myself!
Back to Sally Jenkins’ book, this very short work consists of a prologue, which takes the reader through how the Museum came to be set up, followed by what are, in reality, three short stories told in dialogue to the main character, and then a final chapter entitled ‘Last Word’. The three short stories (Maxine’s Story, Karen’s Story and Pete’s Story) were…
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