If your computer starts throwing out the wrong messages, responding erratically, alerting you that some little thing has gotten out of whack, it doesn’t know it’s doing anything wrong and you need to call in an expert to fix it. Lucky computer: it’s got you to take control and hopefully get it running smoothly again. Unfortunately, when some little thing in your brain, your own personal computer, gets out of whack you’re not on the outside looking in and it’s up to those closest to you to observe the changes and try to get through to you.
Sarah is a young woman secure in the love of her husband, family and friends. Her job on a local city council has never been particularly interesting but she is now finding it difficult to remember parts of it and to keep up with changes. She has always had two ambitions, writing and conservation, and she is hoping to fulfil those ambitions some day.
A Few Shades Greener is the story of how Sarah becomes caught in a world not of her own choosing. She doesn’t know how lucky she is that she has people around her who care enough to want to help her when she starts behaving uncharacteristically. It’s also an honest look at how the most understanding, sympathetic person’s ego is put to the test. Sarah’s passion for greening the environment is a true calling and makes for a most interesting and entertaining book by Kate Beattie, another terrific Australian writer.
I was with Sarah all the way, looking for that light at the end of the tunnel, even when she wasn’t aware that’s what we were doing.
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