My Name is Rose (2011)
“Rose noticed that Mrs Luca kept herself very much to herself, answering politely if spoken to, but not encouraging conversation. Victoria absented herself whenever she could, disappearing off to meet friends, taking one of the horses out, or claiming to be tired. Her mother tried hard to knit them together as a family, but neither Victoria nor her father made much effort, and Rose herself was happier to rub along with Mrs Luca on her own, rather than cope with the multifarious tensions that aro...se when they were all together.
The extravagant spending sprees that Mrs Luca indulged in were in stark contrast to daily life inside the Lucas’ home, which Rose found to be cheerless, apart from lesson-time. Rose missed the noise, the colour and the variety of life with her family and their Roma friends. One of the things she missed most was music. Music had been such a big part of her life with Esme and Nicu. From the age of four, she had accompanied her parents and members of their extended family on the tambourine – not always in time, but with great gusto.MoreLess
The extravagant spending sprees that Mrs Luca indulged in were in stark contrast to daily life inside the Lucas’ home, which Rose found to be cheerless, apart from lesson-time. Rose missed the noise, the colour and the variety of life with her family and their Roma friends. One of the things she missed most was music. Music had been such a big part of her life with Esme and Nicu. From the age of four, she had accompanied her parents and members of their extended family on the tambourine – not always in time, but with great gusto.MoreLess
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