{"id":3999,"date":"2017-11-28T19:41:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2017-11-28T19:41:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:41:01","slug":"the-quality-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3999","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Quality of Silence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t‘The Quality of Silence’
\n\tby Rosamund Lupton<\/span><\/strong><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tYasmin who is an Astrologist, and her daughter Ruby, who is deaf from birth, have flown to Fairbanks to meet up with her husband Matt, who makes documentary wildlife films. They were met by a policeman who explained that Matt had been staying in Anaktue, a village north of the Artic Circle where a fire had claimed the lives of everyone living there.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tYasmin felt strongly that Matt would have survived and set out with ten year old Ruby, who is a bright little girl and internet savvy, in a hired giant ice-road truck across the Alaskan tundra in search of Matt. Within hours they were faced with biting piercing coldness, raging storm conditions and a bleak and unforgiving landscape.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe majority of us accepted the implausibility of the idea of mother and daughter taking on the ice road and an Arctic monster storm and concluded that they were either very brave or delusional. The adventure, events and descriptions of the wilderness compensated for the far-fetched storyline. Most of us were of this opinion, some thinking that credibility was a bit of a stretch and in fact quite ridiculous, the idea that a mother would subject her 10 year old daughter to such danger.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn spite of the reservations concerning the credibility of the storyline, the majority felt that they would recommend the book and that it would appeal to adults and early teens alike. The average score out of 10, was 6.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTea and cake were served and being November the evening concluded with a brief but spectacular firework display<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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‘The Quality of Silence’ by Rosamund Lupton Yasmin who is an Astrologist, and her daughter Ruby, who is deaf from birth, have flown to Fairbanks to meet up with her husband Matt, who makes documentary wildlife films. 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