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#doublespin for Feb is 5 x short stories… this one was super sad, about a recovering alcoholic trying to regain custody of his daughter 💔

“I spoiled this city for myself. I didn‘t realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.”

Love FSF but I actually picked this collection of 3 shorts because Betty Draper is pictured reading it during a scene in Mad Men and my curiosity was piqued. The prop team of that show was dead on 👊🏻 I see Mad Men themes mirrored throughout this collection!!

All the local bookstores were closed here on vacation (tourist season isn‘t for another week 😭) but found a Little Free Library and had to stop by for a visit!!

Sad, sad, oh so sad! I couldn't help but feel the autobiographical mess Fitzgerald must have mucked through to get these words on paper. Heart wrenching- and even more so when you know this train had 9 more years of being off the rails.

I finished reading this just now - my first F Scott Fitzgerald. I think I liked it? Maybe? I liked the concept of each of the three stories but they all seemed to have one convoluted paragraph that required multiple readings to understand. I think I should try one of his novels next - any recommendations? #shortstories #classics #fscottfitzgerald

I just love these little mini modern penguin classics. A great FSF short story too!