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Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education : a Biographical Novel | Sybille Bedford
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This intensely remembered, partly autobiographical novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German chteau for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother on the French Riviera. Sent away to England for schooling, the gypsy-like Billi ricochets between short-lived tutors and a life of reading, friends and public lectures. Returning to the Mediterranean, her unorthodox education - intellectual, emotional and sexual - continues among the vibrant community of artists, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.
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madamereadsalot1
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June 25= Billy

I'd much rather Pinhead or Ash! 😆

#scarathlon mini-post #teamslaughter
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Sarah83
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I was so frustrated now, that the updates don't work, I just needed to order this bookish jigsaws 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍

Who else does think of Downton Abbey, when you see the jigsaw in the middle? 😍😍😍

Mommamanzi I loooove these! 5y
Sarah83 @Mommamanzi should I send you the Amazon links? 😍 5y
SamanthaMarie My husband and I have done the top one, but can I have the links for the bottom two?! 😍😍😍 5y
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Tamra That is awesome! 5y
Sarah83 @SamanthaMarie it's the German Amazon. But I think you can find it easily. https://www.amazon.de/dp/B072KL6BHG/ref=pe_3044161_185740101_TE_item 5y
Sarah83 @Heideschrampf maybe interesting for you aswell? 5y
SamanthaMarie Yes, found them!! Thank you!! :) 5y
Sarah83 @SamanthaMarie you're welcome 😘 5y
RealBooks4ever So pretty! 😍 5y
erzascarletbookgasm 💜 love these, especially the bottom one! 5y
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schmia
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“No postcards from the Alhambra.” In Germany and did not expect this shout out to a landmark for the #BackpackEurope challenge!

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schmia
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Just back from Culebra, off the coast of Puerto Rico. It was hit hard by Maria, but is still a beautiful island that‘s rebuilding, and going there means going off the grid a bit.

But in my mind I was also on the Côte d‘Azur with Sybille Bedford, who was German born and begins the story in Germany. This is the third book I‘ve read by her and the best one so far.

And Culebra has Cigar City beer, which the coolest FL ppl drink. #backpackEurope

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Long time no book! Spent the last few months tending fretfully to my book garden instead of reading anything due to acute anxiety. Eventually forced myself to choose a book and went with Bedford‘s memoir, which is turning into one of my favourite coming-of-age books of all time.