Book cover "God on the Rocks" by Jane Gardam.
Jane Mary Gardam OBE FRSL (born 11 July 1928) is an English writer of children's and adult fiction. She also writes reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph, and writes for BBC radio. She lives in Kent, Wimbledon, and Yorkshire. She has won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. God on the Rocks is set in a small seaside resort in the north east of England and starts in 1936. God on the Rocks takes place in a madhouse, a convalescent home for artists. It includes a pastor who likes to preach near the ocean, a Great War survivor, an ancient character and others. The main character, Margaret Marsh, is an eight-year-old who hides in the garden and listens to the conversations of the painters, gardeners and crazy people. She takes day trips to the shore to get away from her mom and new baby brother. Here she meets Charles and his sister Binkie. She hears stories of her mom's youth from them and the book shows the world through Margaret's eyes, as a child and as an adult.
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