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Autumn Laing
Autumn Laing | Alex Miller
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Autumn Laing has long outlived the legendary circle of artists she cultivated in the 1930s. Now 'old and skeleton gaunt', she reflects on her tumultuous relationship with the abundantly talented Pat Donlon and the effect it had on her husband, on Pat's wife and the body of work which launched Pat's career. A brilliantly alive and insistently energetic story of love, loyalty and creativity. Autumn Laing seduces Pat Donlon with her pearly thighs and her lust for life and art. In doing so she not only compromises the trusting love she has with her husband, Arthur, she also steals the future from Pat's young and beautiful wife, Edith, and their unborn child. Fifty - three years later, cantankerous, engaging, unrestrainable 85 - year - old Autumn is shocked to find within herself a powerful need for redemption. As she begins to tell her story, she writes, 'They are all dead and I am old and skeleton - gaunt. This is where it began...' Written with compassion and intelligence, this energetic, funny and wise novel peels back the layers of storytelling and asks what truth has to do with it.Autumn Laingis an unflinchingly intimate portrait of a woman and her time - she is unforgettable.
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Thanks at @rather_be_reading I crossed the option I like least.

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Basically ocean blues. Summer! I fucking hate winter. Historical fiction. Pole dancing. A piece of fruit and some nuts is the only thing that fills me up at recess, Water or Shiraz in winter or Champagne in summer. Tea in both. Notebooks. @CarolynM

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Much too slow for me! I managed to finish it though (it tales a lot for me to drop a book) but it took me forever !

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I devour anything about Sunday Reed and the Heidi circle. This was my pick for Book Club and it was a selfish choice that didn't receive rave reviews. Alex Miller wrote surprisingly well from a woman's perspective and I am keen to read his other novels.