Reviews of "Miss Garnet's Angel" plus biography of Salley Vickers author of same

robininwestoz --

First, here is some biographical information about Sally Vickers:
Speakers Agency: Sally Vickers
http://www.speakersagency.com/vwx/vi-sa.html

As you will see, she has an interesting background, not just as a
writer, but also as a psychoanalyst and professor of English
literature.

As a supplement to this biographical information, you may be
interested in Ms. Vickers' own thoughts on her book and her approach
to writing it.  The first source is amazon.com and is in the form of
an interview with the author:

Amazon.com: Miss Garnet's Angel: "From the Author" (about 1/4 down the
page)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0452282977/reviews/103-1096845-0182224

The UK version of amazon.com has a description by Ms. Vickers of
readers' responses to the book:
Amazon.com.uk: Miss Garnet's Angel: "The Author, Salley Vickers"
(about 1/4 down the page)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0006514219/reviews/026-1667438-3742035

Many on-line reviews of this popular and notable book are available. 
Here are direct links to some of them:

1. Publishers Weekly's review, along with excerpts from reviews by the
Christian Science Monitor and the Philadelphia Inquirer, are available
at amazon.com.  18 customer reviews are also available at this site:
Amazon.com: Editorial Reviews 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0452282977/reviews/103-1096845-0182224

2. Amazon.com.uk own review is available on its site, as well as
excerpts from reviews by The Times, The Times Literary Supplement and
The Spectator.  20 customer reviews are also available:
Amazon.com.uk: Reviews
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0006514219/reviews/026-1667438-3742035

3. The Atlantic Monthly:
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/01/reviews.htm

4.  The Sunday Times (South Africa):
http://www.suntimes.co.za/2001/06/03/books/angel.asp

5.  The Denver Post:
http://63.147.65.175/books/garnet0225.htm

Many more reviews from readers and other publications can be found by
browsing through the 256 links returned by Google search for the terms
"Miss Garnet's Angel" and "reviews".  You will undoubtedly find some
of the amateur reviews more useful to you than others, but you should
find this to be a good resource for further exploration:
Google Search Results
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Miss+Garnet%27s+Angel%22+reviews&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&start=50&sa=N


Google Search Terms:

"Sally Vickers" bio OR biography
"Miss Garnet's Angel" reviews
"Miss Garnet's Angel"

If any of the above information isn't clear or if any of the links
don't work, please post a clarification request before rating the
answer.

markj-ga

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Clarification of Answer by markj-ga on 12 Dec 2002 09:47 PST

Thanks for the kind words.  Prices are in U.S. dollars.
markj-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by robininwestoz-ga on 12 Dec 2002 18:17 PST

I am a silly old fool. I know there is a difference between $US and $A
that the rate of exchange is about 56c but which way does it go? Am I
being a stingy silly old fool (retorical question just answer the
stingy bit)
RobininWestOz

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Clarification of Answer by markj-ga on 12 Dec 2002 18:29 PST

$1 AUD = .565811 USD
Xe.com: Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

No, I don't think you are stingy, just frugal, like me.

markj-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by robininwestoz-ga on 13 Dec 2002 18:44 PST

I do apologise. That means $1US - just a plain, pennypinching,
pensioner and my first time of using.

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Clarification of Answer by markj-ga on 13 Dec 2002 19:12 PST

That's OK.  I learned something about an interesting author and her book.

markj-ga

Now 1.30am WST too tired to do justice to the amount of information
received, can't believe how quickly an answer was given. I have spent
the last 3 hours trying to find this. Thank you. Are we talking $US;
$Aust. ?