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Book Review of On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This slim novel (200 pages) is a jewel! In 1962 England, newlyweds and virgins Edward and Florence confront love and sex on their wedding night. Flashbacks illuminate how their they grew up, met, fell in love and married. This is a beautifully written novel, containing neither satire, religiosity, nor psychobabble, by the author of 'Atonement.' Without reading it all the way through, you will not be able to predict how it will end.