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Despised and Rejected
Despised and Rejected | Rose Allatini
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BarbaraBB
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I can imagine this was a #BannedBook. The novel supports the pacifist cause in WWI and its main characters, Antoinette and Dennis, are gay. Their attempt to love eachother (because they believe it‘s impossible to have the kind of love they really want) is of course doomed. And then there is the war and the sufferings of both the ones in the trenches and the conscientious objectors. A wonderful book with great dialogues. #Booked2020 (Pic: Florence)

Cinfhen I love the matching bookmarks 🧡🧡🧡 4y
batsy Sounds lovely. And a cosy picture 💛 4y
KarenUK This sounds great... Stacked. 📚 4y
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Megabooks So glad you enjoyed it!! 💖💖 4y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds intriguing! ♥️📚👊🏻 4y
LeahBergen I enjoyed this, too. 4y
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Cathythoughts
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Wonderful book.
I think the scene at the Blacksmiths is the image that will hold this book in my memory
“ in the midst of the clammy surrounding darkness , this great square of blazing heat and light ; crimson glow illuminating the men‘s dark faces ... what a sight

#BannedBook

squirrelbrain Sounds wonderful! ❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts @squirrelbrain I really enjoyed it 👍🏻❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts I think this image in the book of the Blacksmiths & of Alan seen by Dennis as a young ardent & courageous knight, with his wounded foot is powerful & perfect for what follows... For war 4y
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batsy Lovely photo! 4y
LeahBergen Yes! That very image has stuck with me, too. 4y
TrishB Sounds great ❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts @batsy Thanks XXX 4y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Yes ! Powerful image 4y
Cathythoughts @TrishB 👍🏻❤️ 4y
BarbaraBB I am going to read this for Banned Book too. Looking forward to it even more after your review 💜 4y
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB I look forward to your thoughts Barbara 👍🏻❤️ 4y
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Cathythoughts
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..... Dennis looked at the boy limping along at his side; saw his face , white and dim, in the darkness, the clean line of the jaw and throat. It might have been the face of a young knight, Dennis thought; a young knight ardent and fearless, setting out to combat evils as old as the world .....

I‘m loving this book

TrishB Lovely writing ❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts @TrishB @erzascarletbookgasm Just finished now 👍🏻❤️❤️❤️ 4y
LeahBergen It‘s such a good read. ❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen It is 👍🏻❤️ 4y
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BarbaraBB
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Oh Meg, look at this! The gift paper and the bookmark and of course the #Persephone book inside 😍😍. The comparison to Boyne is very promising and your kind words... I‘m over the moon 🌙 🌝 , really! Thank you so much! 😘

erzascarletbookgasm Lovely ✨ 5y
LeahBergen Ooo, how nice! I enjoyed this one. 👏🏻 5y
Megabooks I‘m so glad it arrived safely and sound! I hope you enjoy it! 💕💕 Thank you for being such a wonderful friend 😘 5y
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BarbaraBB @LeahBergen I just saw your post about it! 5y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks I‘m sure I‘ll enjoy it. It sounds perfect! 💕 5y
Cinfhen Beautiful ❤️ 5y
Kalalalatja So pretty! 5y
batsy How lovely 😍 5y
Reviewsbylola So sweet!! 5y
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LeahBergen
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My current buddy read with the darling @shawnmooney ... and it‘s fan-freaking-tastic!!

#PersephoneBooks

Gissy I love those editions! 5y
andrew61 Looks like a fascinating read, definitely stacked and will try and find it. Thanks. 5y
Reviewsbylola Damn, I wish I owned this one. I‘ll have to pick it up again if I make it to Persephone again this spring. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 5y
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laurieluna
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Just barrelled through the last 50 pages of this wonderful book. Wow. I can't quite put into words how much I loved it but I'm putting it top of my 2018 reads. Heartbreaking, brutally honest and where war is concerned, entirely relevant today. 5🌟

Wellreadhead Adding it to my TBR list now! 7y
laurieluna @Wellreadhead I believe it well worth a read! Amazing. 7y
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laurieluna
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This book is endlessly relevant and quotable. 💔

wanderinglynn Sadly true. 😢 7y
laurieluna @wanderinglynn there are so many heart hitting moments in this book. I can't believe how brilliant it is. It's a Persephone Books release and it's making me wonder how many other amazing works of literature have gone missing or are still to be found. 7y
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laurieluna
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So just when I thought I could have a more relaxed week, the company who built our house (it's a new build) turn up to start tearing bricks out the wall to find out where our leaks are coming from! 😣
Only just found some time today to sit and get some reading in, with napping baby and 3 year old distracted with Mickey Mouse.
I can definitely feel myself cracking and wearing out so I hope I catch a decent break soon...😥

cobwebmoth Hope things improve for you soon! 7y
LiteraryinPA That sounds so frustrating! Be kind to yourself today. 💚 7y
TrishB Sometimes you really need a break! Hope it comes soon 💕 7y
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Itchyfeetreader DId they find your leak? 7y
laurieluna @cobwebmoth @LiteraryinLititz @TrishB thanks all. Hoping I can get a couple of hours to myself sometime this weekend! Need a nice hot bath and some absolute silence 😂 7y
laurieluna @Itchyfeetreader tbh I don't think they have a clue. We've had 2 leaks in the kitchen and the first fix up clearly didnt fix it and now they're saying its something different from the first time. They're saying the one in our front bedroom is coming down from the roof but I personally think the little orange air bricks havent been put in properly. Pretty much every house has had a leak so its a big investigation. 😩 7y
Itchyfeetreader Oh no fingers crossed it‘s all sorted soon for you x 7y
kezzlou85 Oh what a nightmare. I really hope it gets sorted soon. 7y
minkyb So sorry to read this. What a pain. 7y
Jas16 Oh no! Not fun at all. 7y
Dragon Hope things improve soon. Positive energy heading your 🦄🌈 7y
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laurieluna
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Written 100 years ago. Painfully relevant now. 😔

Dulcinella 😕 Wished some people started reading these things.. 7y
laurieluna @Dulcinella same. 😔 The world would be a better place if only people read more I feel. 7y
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laurieluna
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I am loving the friendships and relationships forming in this. So beautiful and complex. I don't want it to end so I'm taking it slow. 100 pages in. Dennis is such a complex and deeply explored character, I feel as if I know him. ❤

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laurieluna
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I just want to read and read and read...❤
The writing is perfect for me. I'm flowing through it and could happily curl up all day with this book. Alas I have 2 children to attend to.
#persephonebooks

Sophoclessweetheart I can‘t wait to start it x 7y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords I've laughed out loud a few times already, although from the biannual I am expecting it to take a turn from that. X 7y
Sophoclessweetheart Exciting! I may pick it up next after my current reads x 7y
emilyhaldi Lovely 💖 7y
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Sophoclessweetheart
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A beautiful part 1 Of 2 #persephonebooks Mail 💛 Certain to cheer me up slightly today when I‘m feeling so blue. It‘s so beautifully wrapped too! 😍 I don‘t want to open it. I also got some history bookmail which is sure to cheer me too. #bookmail #persephone #classics #litsylovesclassics #booklover #bookblogger #bibliophile #beautifulbooks

laurieluna Yey! It took me a couple of hours to pluck up the courage to open it. So pretty! 7y
Sophoclessweetheart @miralunasbooknook I‘m going to very very gently peel and unwrap it so I can save the paper. It‘s much to gorgeous though! 😉💛 7y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords I did the same. Luckily the tape is easy to remove! 7y
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AmyG So pretty. Amd feel better. 7y
wanderinglynn It is wrapped so pretty! I can see why you didn‘t want to open it. ❤️ 7y
Sophoclessweetheart @miralunasbooknook Yes! It was really easy to get off lol x 7y
Sophoclessweetheart @AmyG Thank you 🙏 7y
Sophoclessweetheart @wanderinglynn I really didn‘t 😹💛 7y
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laurieluna
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It's like a gift to myself 😍 Persephone Books is the best! #persephonebooks

Sophoclessweetheart This is divine ! 😍 7y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords I didn't ask for it gift wrapped, just arrived like this! Was a lovely surprise 😄 my 2 Persephone's look so good next to each other. They need companions! 😬 7y
Sophoclessweetheart It did say in this months biannually that the first 1000 copies sold of this book will be wrapped in a related newsprint. I‘m jealous! I wanted one but can‘t buy none uni related books until the end of May lol x 7y
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Sophoclessweetheart It did say in this months biannually that the first 1000 copies sold of this book will be wrapped in a related newsprint. I‘m jealous! I wanted one but can‘t buy none uni related books until the end of May lol x 7y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords ah didn't see that bit! Oh no that sucks 😕 sure it isn't uni related? For historical research purposes? 😂 x 7y
Sophoclessweetheart ??? You know, I think it just Miiiight Be if I can get my last couple of uni books at a bit cheaper price (they‘re like (d5 a book!) ? I think it might just be uni related lmao x 7y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords try abe books for those uni books 😉 x 7y
Sophoclessweetheart Laurie my enabler. Lol. I just ordered a copy. Worse case worse, I‘ll petition my mother to buy one of the uni books lol x 7y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords 😂 I would feel guilty, but I don't. This one sounds amazing! Xx 7y
Sophoclessweetheart 😹😹It does. I might have to copy your rule of buying one a month. X 7y
quirkyreader This was a good story. I hope you enjoy it. 7y
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laurieluna
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Received the latest Persephone books biannually and the latest release sounds amazing! Despised and Rejected by Rose Allatini. I have some collecting to do... #persephonebooks

Sophoclessweetheart I got mine today too and I need these new releases immediately c 7y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords they all sound good but this one has really stood out. So ahead of its time. Trying to be careful with how many books I get but this will be an instabuy at the end of the month when I have some money! 😂 7y
Reviewsbylola Ooooh maybe I‘ll get mine today! 7y
laurieluna @Reviewsbylola still need to read the first one I received, but the articles in this one are 👌 7y
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