Doors to a Wider Place

Author
• Christine Lindop was born
in New Zealand where
she began her teaching
career. She later taught
EFL in France and Spain
before settling in Great
Britain, and has worked as
an editor, proofreader,
and writer since 1993.
 Summary
The action is set in the heat of north-western
Queensland, and tells the story of a businessman,
John Condon, and his pioneer ancestors. Condon visits
his great-grandparents’ house, now a decrepit shed,
which he has read about in his great-grandfather’s
diary. Extracts from the diary describe the building
of the house, the hopes of the family, and the death
of his wife and two children. When he sees the
huge weeping fig, which his great-grandmother had,
Condon feels proud of his ancestors.
 Likes
• My favourite character was John Condom because
he was polite bussiness man.
• Characters felt real to me.
• The story keped me guessing.
• When John goes to see his ancestors house.
• There were sad scenes and mysterious ones.
• Book didn’t make me laugh or cry it forced me to
take thought.
• The story didn’t grip me and kept turning pages.
 Dislikes
• I didn’t like the book because story wasn’t
interesting for me.
• I didn’t like characters.
• This book would be interesting for 4 graders
who like relationship dramas.
• I would give 5/10 to this book