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The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing
Alfred A. Knopf, 1973 Not motivating, hard to finish.

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1985 Good.

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


Ben in the World by Doris Lessing
Flamingo, 2000 Seems slapped together, parts poorly written. But it could be my brain which is slapped together! Ben in the World is the...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


Friend of my Youth by Alice Munro
First Vintage Contemporaries Edition, 1990 Short stories. A revelation for me. Beautiful writing. True. Rhythmic. Pay attention, if you...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


An Accidental Man by Iris Murdoch
Chatto & Windus, 1971 Comparing Murdoch with Lessing... Scenes which made me think of Doris Lessing: -Mrs. Carberry vs retarded son in...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
1881 Twain criticizes old England and humans in general through the eyes of a child. Very enjoyable. Recommended to me by my son's friend...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
1930 Hard to get into, didn’t really like, shallow feeling. Same for On the Road by Kerouac, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (hard to follow,...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
1946 Did not enjoy Delta Wedding. Story of family wedding told from perspective of a 9-year-old girl. Interesting concept but felt like...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Doubleday, 2016 The Underground Railroad becomes a real train ride to freedom from Georgia through the Carolinas, Tennessee and Indiana,...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


The Wave by Todd Strasser
Dell, 1981 Reacting to the incredulity of his high school students that the holocaust could have happened under the apathetic eyes of a...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Jonathan Cape, 2007 An account, astounding in its frankness, of the expectations and apprehensions of two inexperienced newly weds as...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anchor Books, 2007 Time has passed since I read this book so my review may be a bit sparse. Fascinating elucidation of the history of the...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
William Morrow Paperbacks, March 2016 Thomas Jefferson’s daughter gives the reader her perspective in this historical fiction...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read


My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Victor Gollancz, 1951 Very well written and entertaining book. The ambiance is rather spooky, sometimes perverse. Marriage is portrayed...

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Apr 8, 20191 min read

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