Dream on. "Dream Home" by Mark Wakely. [review]
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2003-08
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Spigelman, Alice
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Australian Book Review
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A fascination with the kinds of abodes we humans inhabit, and dream about, is the central theme around which Mark Wakely has spun his wide-ranging observations, anecdotes and personal stories. The topic lends itself to as many possibilities as you wish to make it. In order to narrow the focus, the author could have gone several ways. One approach would have been to write for a specific audience, perhaps for people interested in building a home. Or the book could have become a memoir of observations and people around their favoured homes. The author has instead decided to present stories, facts and observations that seemed relevant to specific periods of life, from childhood to old age, even death (what kind of mausoleum would you like as your final resting place, baroque or minimalist?). Although a valid approach, the book's form presents particular problems.
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Spigelman, Alice 2003. Dream on. Review of "Dream Home" by Mark Wakely. 'Australian Book Review', No 253, August, 54.