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Summer Without Men
Summer Without Men | Siri Hustvedt
"And who among us would deny Jane Austen her happy endings or insist that Cary Grant and Irene Dunne should get back together at the end of The Awful Truth? There are tragedies and there are comedies, aren't there? And they are often more the same than different, rather like men and women, if you ask me. A comedy depends on stopping the story at exactly the right moment."Mia Fredrickson, the wry, vituperative, tragic comic, poet narrator of The Summer Without Men, has been forced to reexamine her own life. One day, out of the blue, after thirty years of marriage, Mia's husband, a renowned neuroscientist, asks her for a "pause." This abrupt request sends her reeling and lands her in a psychiatric ward. The June following Mia's release from the hospital, she returns to the prairie town of her childhood, where her mother lives in an old people's home. Alone in a rented house, she rages and fumes and bemoans her sorry fate. Slowly, however, she is drawn into the lives of those around her--her mother and her close friends,"the Five Swans," and her young neighbor with two small children and a loud angry husband--and the adolescent girls in her poetry workshop whose scheming and petty cruelty carry a threat all their own. From the internationally bestselling author of What I Loved comes Siri Hustvedt's provocative, witty, and revelatory novel about women and girls, love and marriage, and the age-old question of sameness and difference between the sexes.
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Christine
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This is a beautiful book (inside and out - great cover, and my slim paperback has French flaps and deckled edges). It‘s about a brilliant woman who deals with her husband‘s infidelity by returning to her childhood hometown in Minnesota, where her interactions with many female characters (her mom and mom‘s assisted living pals, a neighbor, some young poetry students) bring her comfort and clarity in surprising ways. I loved it.

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Christine
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Book + beer + backyard balcony. ❤️

britt_brooke Perfect! 5y
Christine @britt_brooke It was! 😁 5y
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Heideschrampf
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An intimate attempt to capture what it is to be a woman/a daughter/a mother/a wife/a lover/a spinster/a lesbian/a girl/an old lady/an artist/an intellectual/afflicted by mental illness/an educator/a mediator/an inspiration/a secret/a sexual being/an animal. A mesmerizing stream-of-consciousness exploration on what it feels like to be ANYTHING BUT a man. I‘m looking forward to rereading this again and again in the passage of my life ❤️

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mcctrish
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Finished this while on vacation in NYC. We had an action packed 4 days and every night I was almost to tired to read much but I was so curious to see how Mia would rebound and how the mean girl story would evolve and if Pete would ever be anything other than an ass. There‘s a lot packed into this slim volume of persevering and being true to your self ( and knowing your self)

Suet624 I love the photo and I love Lady Liberty. 6y
mcctrish Thx @Suet624 we took a sailing tour out to see her and it was absolutely fantastic. It was a perfect day 6y
Suet624 Just a wonderful thing to do. 6y
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mcctrish
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Traveling and thank god I‘m not spending the summer without men ( or my husband) since I forgot my wallet at home 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Ophelias77
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Summer reading - great book and lovely iced coffee 💙🙏

KateFulfordAuthor @Ophelias77 perhaps you could consider my debut? Reviews are saying: “I loved this book more than I initially thought I would. Fulford infuses her characters with intense personalities that are prone to clashing with those of others. I loved Eve from the very beginning..." It‘s been nominated for The People's Book Prize 2018 too!

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Ophelias77 Thank you - I will look for your book and congratulations on your debut 😊👍 6y
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peggyriley
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We never recover what was.... This book is magnificent.

bedandabook What a wonderful passage. 7y
peggyriley There is something remarkable every page - at least. 7y
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BooksForYears
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A really delightful yet serious book about relationships, mental health, growing older, and the power of poetry. I'm glad this was my first book of the #24in48 - now it's time for sleeps #winterofwomen17

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BooksForYears
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Let the #24in48 begin! First up, this short novel by Siri Hustvedt #winterofwomen17

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Lise
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Fun, clever, quick read! Just the book I needed today.

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