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Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel | Colum McCann
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Colum McCanns beloved novel inspired by Philippe Petits daring high-wire stunt, which is also depicted in the filmThe Walkstarring Joseph Gordon-LevittIn the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in bestselling novelist Colum McCanns stunningly intricate portrait of a city and its people. Let the Great World Spin is the critically acclaimed authors most ambitious novel yet: a dazzlingly rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. Corrigan, a radical young Irish monk, struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gather in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life careening sideways. Tillie, a thirty-eight-year-old grandmother, turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth.Elegantly weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCanns powerful allegory comes alive in the unforgettable voices of the citys people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the artistic crime of the century.A sweeping and radical social novel, Let the Great World Spin captures the spirit of America in a time of transition, extraordinary promise, and, in hindsight, heartbreaking innocence. Hailed as a fiercely original talent (San Francisco Chronicle), award-winning novelist McCann has delivered a triumphantly American masterpiece that awakens in us a sense of what the novel can achieve, confront, and even heal.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Colum McCanns TransAtlantic.This is a gorgeous book, multilayered and deeply felt, and its a damned lot of fun to read, too. Leave it to an Irishman to write one of the greatest-ever novels about New York. Theres so much passion and humor and pure lifeforce on every page of Let the Great World Spin that youll find yourself giddy, dizzy, overwhelmed.Dave EggersStunning . . . [an] elegiac glimpse of hope . . . Its a novel rooted firmly in time and place. It vividly captures New York at its worst and best. But it transcends all that. In the end, its a novel about familiesthe ones were born into and the ones we make for ourselves.USA Today Mesmerizing . . . a Joycean look at the lives of New Yorkers changed by a single act on a single day . . . McCanns marvelously rich novel . . . weaves a portrait of a city and a moment, dizzyingly satisfying to read and difficult to put down.TheSeattle Times Vibrantly whole . . . With a series of spare, gorgeously wrought vignettes, Colum McCann brings 1970s New York to life. . . . And as always, McCanns heart-stoppingly simple descriptions wow.Entertainment Weekly An act of pure bravado, dizzying proof that to keep your balance you need to know how to fall.O: The Oprah Magazine
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FedeLumachi
Mehso-so

Mi ricordo poco anche questo libro. C‘erano alcune cose che mi avevano infastidito e lasciato l‘amaro in bocca ma ricordo una bella lettura. Innovativa

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Tamra
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McCann has a talent for deep character development and connecting disparate characters across space & time for sure. But, I loved Apeirogon, whereas I just liked this novel.

BarbaraBB I liked them both and didn‘t realize they were written by the same author 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4mo
Tamra @BarbaraBB 😆 I‘ve definitely done that. 4mo
BarbaraBB I looked him up and found out I even read a third book by him 😂 4mo
Tamra @BarbaraBB I need to check it out! 4mo
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BarbaraBB
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This book describes the pain and promises of New York, a city “without history, that starts afresh every day”. On this particular day in 1974 when a man high-wire walks between the Twin Towers. Watched by thousands of people all over the city, from the Bronx to the Upper East Side whose lives will collide on this day and in the time to come. It‘s a fabulous pre 9/11 novel and I am so glad I finally read it.

(Photo: Zakynthos, Greece)

Cinfhen Gorgeous sky 💙and such a fabulous book! I loved it too ☺️ 7mo
TrishB Lovely pic ♥️ 7mo
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Cuilin Amazing book, one of my favorites 7mo
julieclair I have never heard of this book! I remember this event... it was thrilling and so unbelievable. Stacked! 7mo
Suet624 I have such fond memories of this book. 7mo
Megabooks Gorgeous photo! 7mo
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Tkimsal
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30 Book Recommendations in 30 Days —Day 17 “Let the Great World Spin,” by Colum McCann.

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BkClubCare
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Um, OMG! This is a LOT of chocolate!!! Thank you @quietjenn for the book and the goodies.
🥰🎄💚❤️💚🎅📚 Happy #jokabokaflodswap !

quietjenn Haha, I wasn't sure what kind you would like, so went for variety. Hope you enjoy! 1y
BkClubCare @quietjenn - those dark chocolate things are AH -mazing 😳 1y
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Hanna-B
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Reread this recently and defo got a whole different experience. One of the genius modern day writers that‘s for sure. Anyone else with me on the reread? Or just the first read?

Bookwomble I've definitely got more from books on a re-read, either noticing more or, if years have passed, having a different perspective. Good books reward visiting again 😊 2y
Hanna-B It sure can be like a second slice that has more flavour. The only one that was the total opposite for me was Saturday by Ian McEwan. I adored it on the first read and loathed it on the second. 2y
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Kristelh
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#july #bookspin Love Wife #doublespin Salem‘s Lot
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Looks great!!! 2y
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Ncostell
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I‘ve had this for years but finally read it with the #roll100 challenge. Told from the perspectives of a cast of characters, this book took me awhile to get into and I almost felt like bailing. I‘m glad that I persevered as the book really took shape once I started making connections between the characters and events. This book is an homage to NYC, the Twin Towers and obliquely to the events of 9/11. I can see why it won the National Book Award.

BkClubCare I‘ve had this for years, too! Other books keep crowding it out of my view. Maybe 2022 is finally its time for me, too 2y
PuddleJumper That's awesome! 2y
Ncostell @BkClubCare I know how that is. I kept pushing this one to the back burner but am glad I finally got around to it. Hope you enjoy it if you pick it up too! 2y
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yoavshai
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 100.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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BkClubCare
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#BookSpin and #DoubleSpin? Be gentle with me; it has taken me months to find @TheAromaofBooks explanation of all this. I “get” the spin concept but don‘t quite yet understand the #BookSpinBingo component and I am totally ready to embrace the idea that I have made it waaaaaay too complicated.
The books above are books I want to read SOON plus books that are for my #ClassicsClub50. 👇🏼

BkClubCare I meant to have books I am currently reading AND include some FREE cells. Oh well. This should still help me figure out what to read the last quarter of 2021. (I only have 6 of these books in the House ready. But most should be librariable. (why is that not a word?)) 3y
BkClubCare Am setting row 1 as books 1-5, row 2: 6-10, etc. I await the post on Oct 2nd that gives me a number which based on position will be something I will read in October. Right?! I posted this with Let the Great World Spin because it is an almost #TOB #TournamentofFavorites #noideawhichhashtagtouse 3y
Soubhiville That totally should be a word! 3y
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Soubhiville And yes it sounds like you have the idea on how it works. Enjoy! 3y
BkClubCare @Soubhiville - I have spent way too much time today fartin' around with book things and not actually reading books! 🤣🤣🤣 3y
wanderinglynn I think you‘ve got it. 👍🏻 All you need is your list of at least 20 books. Sarah will post the two numbers that she draws to be the bookspin and doublespin numbers. Then she‘ll post the bingo board. If you have a list of 20, then 21-25 are free spaces. 3y
BkClubCare @wanderinglynn - this is my 20 books. It needs to be in list form? 3y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Looks like you‘ve got the gist! Your current board will get jumbled up from how it looks now once she posts the “official” bingo board. (I‘m sorry if I‘m just re-explaining what you already know. 😅) That‘s where the “list” idea comes from, but as long as you‘ve numbered these, you‘ll be good. Then you choose a row to read to get a bingo. Or you can just read what you‘re in the mood for and hope they line up into a bingo. I‘ve done it both ways.👍 3y
TheAromaofBooks Glad to have you along!! @wanderinglynn & @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm have made great points!! As long as your books are numbered, they don't have to be in list form. I'll draw the BookSpin & DoubleSpin numbers & those are the “official“ books to be read for the month. I'll also post a bingo board that shuffles all the numbers that you can use if you want to - since the bingo part is just for fun (BS/DS involves a giveaway!) I'm not super strict!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Here's the link to September's bingo board - seeing it may help it make more sense!! https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2265519 - just let me know if you have any questions. I'll be sure to tag you on the 2nd!! 3y
BkClubCare @TheAromaofBooks - Thank you! I had been searching for an explanation and just couldn‘t seem to find it (probably hidden right in front of me?) I had never seen the prompts- only everyone‘s own boards? Nothing seemed to connect 💡 3y
wanderinglynn Yes, I used the term “list” loosely. As @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm said, your books just need to be numbered 1-20 so you‘ll know which one of your books is the bookspin book when Sarah announces October‘s bookspin and doublespin numbers. The bingo part is just extra fun. Not everyone does bookspin bingo. At this point, I‘m just happy if I finish my bookspin and doublespin books. 3y
BkClubCare @wanderinglynn - ok. Yea, I will just let row 1 be books for 1 thru 5, row 2 will be #6-10 etc; and Vilette will be #20. I will wait to Oct 2nd and see what happens (Do you then re-arrange the books to fit her grid? I need a better template to make these visuals 🤣🤣) 3y
wanderinglynn I just have a list 1-20 with the book titles. I don‘t do a graphic for bookspin bingo. Some people draw a bingo grid in their reading journal or on a piece of paper and take a photo of that. Some physically lay out their books on the floor in a grid and take a photo. Some make a graphic. Some just use Sarah‘s bingo board. It‘s really up to you how much time/effort you want to put into it. 3y
BkClubCare @wanderinglynn - thank you 🙏 and everyone for being patient with me; it‘s all supposed to be fun! and I got a bit carried away with how to do it RIGHT, I think. People are so creative. 3y
wanderinglynn Exactly, keep focusing on the fun. 💜Everyone does is slightly different because they make it work for them. That‘s what you need to find—what works for you and what‘s fun. You got this! 🙌🏻 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yes, I definitely encourage everyone to focus on the fun part - I'm super loosey-goosey with the rules 😂 Every month when I post the reminder post, I do include the “rules“ (such as they are) so I will also tag you with that - I posted it yesterday. If you look through the comments I added at the top of the post, it should give you somewhat of an idea of what's going on haha 3y
BkClubCare It‘s Oct 2nd: #BookSpin 9, #DoubleSpin 7 2y
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GinaKButler
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I have about another 150 pages left in the tagged book, which is also my #bookspin sooo, I‘d say this is my final July bingo card!
2 Bingos
14 books read
4 non-fictions!

What a great month! Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks I can‘t wait to see what my August picks are!
#doublespin
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 3y
Kelly326 Great month!! 3y
CoverToCoverGirl Yay! Two bingos ✅ 3y
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GinaKButler
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Better late than never...cracking open my July #bookspin pick! This has been on my TBR for YEARS! Excited to check it off!
@TheAromaofBooks
#bookspinbingo

JenReadsAlot Me too! Someday.... 3y
Leftcoastzen Love this book! 3y
Prairiegirl_reading This has been on my tbr for years as well!🤦🏻‍♀️ 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Good luck!! 3y
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GinaKButler
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July‘s #bookspin and #doublespin picks! Both were put on the list as prompts for challenges. Let The Great World Spin has been on my TBR for years, so I‘m excited to finally read it. And Cemetery Lake is the first in a mystery series set in New Zealand. If I love it, there‘s three more already waiting. Yay! 📚

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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While the characters are not original (sex workers are smart with a heart of gold! The priest who gives and gives and then breaks his vow).And there maybe too many of them. McCann has a talent for giving each character a distinct voice and does a remarkable job of weaving many stories together.
A good easy read.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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June #Bookspin tomorrow, and I just completed bingo three!

Things worked out pretty well in May for my Bingo card!

Thanks @thearomaofbooks excited to tackle even more for June.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fabulous month!!! 3y
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SkeletonKey
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Morning reading for book club. Didn‘t leave myself a lot of time to read it but we‘ll see how far I get.

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lucyrod97
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“the comfort he got from the hard, cold truth - the filth, the war, the poverty - was that life could be capable of small beauties.... Rather he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same.”

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Joanne1
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I started this a couple of days ago. So far I‘m finding it a bit of a struggle. I can‘t connect with the characters and it‘s maybe grittier than I can handle just now. The question is, do I push through. Is it worth persevering with? Has anyone here read this?

SamAnne I DNFd the first time but plan to pick it back up. I loved the historical context but it was not a page turner for me. But I do want to try again. 3y
Joanne1 @SamAnne I made that same call this afternoon. 100 pages in and it was still a slog but I know at the right time I‘d enjoy definitely one to come back to. 3y
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transemr
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“Good days, they come around the oddest corners.”

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Cinfhen
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#3Books ...#SetInNY
I LOVED the tagged book, other two not as much. They were both bookclub reads that did produce great discussion. And the NY setting was very much another character.
Today is always a somber day #WeRemember #911

Ruthiella You have a nice red/white aesthetic there! 😀 4y
Cathythoughts Yes this is a lovely post ❤️🤍 4y
Cinfhen I was surprised how similar the covers of Christodora and World Spins are....but I agree @Cathythoughts @Ruthiella they do all look lovely together 4y
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OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚👍🏻 4y
Suet624 McCann is an automatic must read for me. Loved the tagged book. 4y
Cinfhen Tagged book was phenomenal @Suet624 unfortunately I had my own personal problems with his newest book 4y
Suet624 Haven‘t read that one yet. 4y
Cinfhen I hope you‘ll share your thoughts with me after you read it @Suet624 4y
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Amandajoy
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Day 4 #7days7books that left an impression on me.

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Redwritinghood
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The writing here was great and the author did a wonderful job of creating distinct voices for each of the characters. It also presents a picture of NYC in the early 1970s, shortly after Vietnam and when crime and poverty were high in the city. I did not, however, like the story structure which centered around Petit‘s walk between the twin towers. It didn‘t seem necessary and I‘m not sure what it added to the story. 3.5⭐️

Leftcoastzen I loved this book! 4y
plemmdog I loved this 4y
BiblioLitten All the books I read in March were 3 star ones. Just borderline Pick. 4y
Redwritinghood @BiblioLitten I had a couple of 4⭐️, but my only 5⭐️ was a poetry collection. 4y
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TheLudicReader
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So February‘s #bookspin was a fail for me, but I am not a quitter. (Okay, yes, I was technically a quitter in Feb. 🤪) Come at me, March!
@TheAromaofBooks

ElaineR I was also a quitter in Feb so I wouldn't feel too bad. Also don't wait to read Sisters Brothers. It's a cracking book. Well worth a read. 4y
TheAromaofBooks haha you got it this month!! Great pile there!! 4y
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Sharpeipup
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Baked my own snacks...cinnamon roll muffins #mrbook1inamillion #readathon #snacks

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MrBook
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Some replacements for the #HighSchool and #College Lit Display! 😁

Have you read any of these?!

#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksDisplays

Alfoster All 3! 5y
Leftcoastzen Let the Great World Spin was my pick of the year! 5y
wordslinger42 I read Infinite Jest in prep for a college class my sophomore year. What a doozy 😫 5y
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Molly_the_mezzo I can‘t stand Infinite Jest! I bailed on it, which I almost never do. 5y
pdever I loved Infinite Jest. The idea of experialism alone would have made it a worthy read... As it turned out, that was but one of a million great notions. 5y
plemmdog Let the Great World Spin is a nearly perfect novel. In some ways I think it‘s the best 9/11 elegy written so far 5y
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KarenUK
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#LilithJuly #FeelSoHigh
Two ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reads for me, both with a link to the World Trade Center....
In McCann‘s story, it‘s August 1974 NYC and Philippe Petit‘s astounding tightrope walk between the towers is the backdrop to a beautiful portrait of the people and city below...
In Foer‘s novel, 9 year old Oskar has an adventure through 5 boroughs, as he comes to terms with the death of his father on 9/11....
I loved both of these so much.... 💕📚

Cinfhen Awesome choices!! I loved the book you tagged but I wasn‘t as crazy about the JSF novel 😬 5y
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OvaltineJenkins
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This is the second book by McCann I've read now, and it confirms for me how great he is at mixing fact and fiction in heartbreaking and inspiring ways (the first book was TransAtlantic, another great book). An incredibly well-written book that proves MCann's literary range.

Leftcoastzen I love this book so much! 5y
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Bibliotekate

One of the best.

ablachly That's true. It really is. 5y
ph9k perf 5y
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TrishB
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The curtains are dark blue!
About 4, sleeping pattern is not good.
Don‘t really have one. Small amounts of dark.
4-5 weeks
Yes I would recommend
# humpdaypost

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TrishB
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Somewhere between a pick and a so-so.
Loved New York setting, so brilliantly conveyed here, the writing was beautiful and on several occasions I did just stop to admire it.
Didn‘t like the POV changes - they were that long and then made to feel like short stories instead of part of the same story.
I would definitely read more of the author- but maybe a traditional novel not short stories.

Cinfhen I really liked this one!! Would definitely read more by him. I like how the interconnected stories all converged at the end. 5y
TrishB @Cinfhen loved the writing, the long POVs were just a bit off putting. Style just put me off a bit. 5y
Cinfhen I was just wrapped up in the time frame and NYC on the cusp of change but I get how it might not work for everyone 5y
Leftcoastzen I get what you mean about the POVs. Still , love its evocative feel. 5y
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DMC_run8
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A novel that reads like a collection of short stories. Set in NYC in 1974 when Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers, McCann delves into the lives of several people in the city below.

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Leftcoastzen
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#tarottakeover This book is one of my favorites set in NYC in the 70s , about people struggling to make their way in the world.A balance element weaves its way through as a real world event Philippe Petits tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers is a time stamp touchstone in the story.1974 was the year of that event.Highly recommended.

Well-ReadNeck Oooh, nice pick 5y
Jeannineth I loved this book. 5y
Erinsuereads Interesting card imagery!! What deck is this? 5y
Leftcoastzen @ErinSueG the hobbit one again.🙂 5y
Erinsuereads I knew ittttt!!!! I‘m so into that hahahaha 5y
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Amandajoy
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📚 Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
🖋 Ming Jin Lee or Ruth Emmie Lang (I‘ve only read one book by each, but I‘d definitely read more of their works)
🎥 Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels
🍽 Lemons 🍋

#manicmonday #letterl

JoScho 💜💜💜 5y
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Zelma
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I have been so out of the loop lately but I made to our biannual book sale last night. Not the biggest haul ever, but I think it was high in quality! New York was an accidental duplicate but for about 50 cents, I‘m not sweating it. And now I have the whole Neapolitan series!

LeahBergen I completed the Neapolitan set at my last book sale. Now to move it up the TBR! 6y
Zelma @LeahBergen my same thought. 😳 6y
Suet624 I loved the Ozeki book. 5y
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Leftcoastzen
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My favorite book of 2009, the magic, the hardship , the confusion of New York in the 70s comes alive in this book & I #feelitstill .As a tightrope walker balances between the twin towers , the city dwellers of all types try to make sense of their lives .In a city like New York, you are often one chance encounter away from life changing experiences. #aprella

emilyhaldi Such a good book 🙌🏻 6y
Leftcoastzen @emilyhaldi I absolutely adore it. 6y
Cinfhen I loved this one too!!! It almost made my top 7.... 6y
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TrishB Another one stacked!! 6y
Leftcoastzen @vivastory No, I haven‘t, thanks for the tip I will look for that. 6y
Mdargusch I have this stacked already but had forgotten about it. I need to get to it! 6y
Reviewsbylola My brother in law was so excited to gift this to me a few years ago and I still haven‘t read it. 😬 it‘s one of his favorites. 6y
Leftcoastzen @reviewbylola It‘s hard to get to everything.I know my TBR will outlive me,this one has stuck with me a long time. 6y
laytonwoman3rd I've had this one a long time without reading it too. 6y
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bookandcat
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#freakyfriday book 15 from @zeljka and my final one for this awesome book recommendation challenge! Also book 6 for #readathon (my last for that as well, I'm going to bed!).
Really enjoyed this Columbia McCann series of interlocking stories centered around the 1974 World Trade Center tightrope walk by Philippe Petit. Highly recommend.

Thank you so much to @zeljka for the awesome recs and to @monalyisha @Clwojick for putting this together!! ❤️❤️

emilyhaldi Great book!! 🙌🏻 6y
emilyhaldi It‘s actually one of my husband‘s favorites too... he is the one who made me read it ☺️ 6y
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Vegamon
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At my parent's house today which means I get to flip through some of my favorite books. Happy Easter!
"The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough"

Emilymdxn These are some cool books! 6y
Vegamon @Emilymdxn Thanks! It's always tough to decide which ones to take back to college 6y
Suet624 My heart always beats a little faster when I see LTGWS. Loved it. 6y
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Cinfhen
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#FierceFeb One of my favorite books about NYC set in the 1970s. We have a large cast of characters whose lives seem so distant, yet all will converge. An Irish monk, a Park Ave couple mourning their son who died in Vietnam, a grandmother who turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, a desperate artist and one tightrope walker balancing on a thin wire between the Twin Towers. #SheWorksHardForTheMoney

TrishB That looks interesting 👍🏻 6y
zezeki I love this book! ❤ 6y
vivastory I keep meaning to read this one! 6y
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Cinfhen It‘s a really good book @TrishB @vivastory ☺️ 6y
emilyhaldi Good one! 👍🏻 Love this book 6y
readordierachel That's quite a cast of characters. Sounds like a good read! 6y
CareBear I loved this one too! 6y
Cinfhen I strongly recommend this book @ReadOrDieRachel And you can see the others loved it too @zeljka @emilyhaldi @CareBear it‘s one of those intertwining tales 6y
Leftcoastzen This was my favorite book the year that it was published. Incredible read . 6y
Suet624 So so good. 6y
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Read-eat-travel-repeat
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Braved snow over my knees to take a peek inside this Little Free Library! I didn't have a book to leave today, but my husband drives by it to go to work, so I will send him back with some to add 😁 #littlefreelibrary

britt_brooke 😍 6y
Kaye I like seeing all the different ones. Hope others will start posting photos of some they see, too. 6y
Mdargusch It‘s well stocked 👍🏼 6y
ephemeralwaltz Beautiful!😍 I just received your letter @Read-eat-travel-repeat, I will be writing back soon😘 6y
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KarenUK
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#uncannyoctober #faceyourfears I‘m so afraid of heights, but I love this beautifully written National Book award winning novel about NYC and the people that live there....
It‘s set on the day in August 1974, that Philippe Petit walked between the twin towers on a tightrope 😱😱😱... it makes a great #bookpairing with the documentary movie ‘Man on Wire‘ about the same event. Both are brilliant...but the idea of that walk scares the heck out of me!

cariashley Such a great book!! ❤️ 6y
RealLifeReading There's also a great picture book 6y
KarenUK @RealLifeReading ooh that looks lovely... thanks for sharing 👍💕 6y
emilyhaldi Love this book 👍🏻👍🏻 6y
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TheKidUpstairs
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Some great books that take place (at least partially) in NYC.

#NeverForget @RealLifeReading

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Howseldomtheydo
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Remembering 9/11 today #neverforget #fallintobooks

tammysue ❤️🇺🇸❤️ 7y
CouronneDhiver This is still so incredibly tragic... 😢 7y
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Cinfhen
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Day 9 #AugustGrrrl The inspiration for Summer to write the song #BadGirls came after one of her assistants was mistaken for a street prostitute by a police officer. This song was an ode to those who "work hard for the money" ?McCann's novel is set in 1970's NYC, where the lives of street walkers, priests, junkies, grieving mothers from the Upper East side, Queens & the Bronx unite one summer. Excellent novel ?#AllTimeFavorite ~ possibly?!?

KarenUK Love this pick! 💕 7y
Cinfhen 😘😘 @KarenUK 7y
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks Loved this book!! 7y
Leftcoastzen This novel really wowed me!Will always be a favorite. 7y
LauraBeth I have a weird question...I'm drawn to this book because of the time and place. But I have thing about tightrope walkers 😂 as in I don't like them. How much of the tightrope thing plays into the book? 7y
emilyhaldi Love this book!!!! Also one of my husband's favs ❤️ 7y
Cinfhen @LauraBeth 😜it's pretty minimal, shouldn't deter you from reading this novel. It's a good one! But I need to ask...what do u have against tightrope walkers?!? 😁 7y
LauraBeth @Cinfhen and @britt_brooke I should probably go get some therapy and explore that 😂It could be that I don't like the circus-y element to it. 7y
Centique I love a book that is "a portrait of a city" at a certain time in history. Sold! 7y
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Well-ReadNeck
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#splashintosummerreads #setinthesummer

Set in the summer of 1974.

MicheleinPhilly Such a great book but that photo seriously makes me nauseous. 😱 7y
Reviewsbylola You and @emilyhaldi are making me want to add this to the top of my TBR. 7y
KarenUK I love this book! Great pick 💕 (and the 'Man on wire' doc is amazing) 7y
Mamashep Ditto what @KarenUK said about the documentary and the book! 7y
Well-ReadNeck @MicheleinPhilly and the crazy long pole! It seems counterintuitive that that would help in any way 🤢 (edited) 7y
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emilyhaldi
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On the morning of August 7, 1974, a French high-wire artist named Philippe Petit completed eight tightrope walks between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. This event is what connects every character in this book as they wander through a broken-down New York City during the last summer of the Vietnam War. My husband and I both loved this!!
#cruelsummer
#junetunz

Laalaleighh I've always wanted to read this and never gotten around to it. 7y
Ms_T Ooh, I like the sound of this book! #Stacked 7y
Cinfhen I loved this book! It was awesome👍🏻 7y
Reviewsbylola Since your husband gifted me this, I really should read it! 7y
Mdargusch I am adding that to my stack. Why have I never heard of this? 7y
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CherylDeFranceschi
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One of my favorite books ever, this story features Philippe Petit's walk between the WTC towers, a quintessential #newyorkminute #rockinmay

Cinfhen LOVED this book!!! Sooo good! 7y
zezeki One of my favourite books too! 7y
Robothugs This is on my TBR and I think apart of my Litsy AtoZ. I want to move it up on the list now! 7y
Suet624 I'm with you. Loved this book. I still remember so much of it years later. 7y
Hobbinol I simply must read this! 7y
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BFlynnP
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Expansive but intimate. It is HARD for a book to completely envelop me, but this one did. Read it if you haven't. The threads of the stories, the characters, the simple humanity. Amazing.

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BFlynnP

"We stumble on, thinks Jaslyn, bring a little noise into the silence, find in others the ongoing of ourselves. It is almost enough."