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Fourteen Days
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | Margaret Atwood
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Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the pandemic, Fourteen Days is a dazzling, heartwarming novel with an unusual twist: each character has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston to Dave Eggers and Celeste Ng. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other - become real neighbours. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editor Margaret Atwood, Authors Guild president Douglas Preston, and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn't get away from the city when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming collection, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.
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Sara_Planz
Sara_Planz
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | Margaret Atwood
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I know many of us still struggle with the initial days of COVID, and while very few novels have successfully navigated this time, Fourteen Days is one that definitely does. By bringing together all of these powerful authors, Atwood and Preston put together a story that brings us back to not only that time of uncertainty, but to that time where the world was asked to slow down and take care of each other.

kspenmoll I really want to read this! 2mo
vivastory I just heard about this recently & I thought it sounded so fascinating! 2mo
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KristiAhlers
KristiAhlers
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | Margaret Atwood
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I'm giving this a soft pick. Very soft. I admit there are several stories in this collection that just didn't do it for me...of course they are novellas so you're not going to get the same satisfaction you'd get from a full fledged novel. This is about a tenement building during the lock down so yes it's about the pandemic so keep that in mind. Then sit back and enjoy.

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squirrelbrain
squirrelbrain
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | Margaret Atwood
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This book has an interesting structure-a group of tenants meet on the rooftop of their apartment building at the start of the COVID lockdown to tell each other stories, with each character‘s voice secretly written by a famous author.

Unfortunately this didn‘t quite work for me; a lot of the stories weren‘t written in the way that people speak and there were more duds than diamonds.

I didn‘t see the ending though and that did elevate it a bit ⬇️

squirrelbrain But it says something that I couldn‘t really be bothered to go back and figure out who had written which character (the ‘secret‘ authors are revealed at the end). Also, don‘t read this if you don‘t like ‘pandemic‘ books - it‘s VERY pandemic-y. (edited) 3mo
squirrelbrain @tamra - I don‘t think they quite pulled it off. 😬 3mo
Tamra Oh shoot! 😟 The idea is such a fun one. 3mo
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Ruthiella Agree with @Tamra that this is such a great concept! Like a modern Decameron. Pity it is a dud. 3mo
BarbaraBB That is too bad, the premise sounds great! 3mo
BookwormM But I love Atwood so I will still be giving in a go when the library get it 🤣🤣 3mo
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Tamra
Tamra
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | Margaret Atwood
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This sounds fun! The premise is intriguing, I just hope they pulled it off!

ShelleyBooksie Cool! 4mo
IndoorDame Sounds fascinating! 4mo
LiteraryinLawrence This sounds really cool! 4mo
squirrelbrain I have the ARC of this…. I‘m just about keeping up with publication dates on my ARCs so *should* get to it soon. It only gets 3 ⭐️ on NG currently though. 😬 4mo
Tamra @squirrelbrain shoot. I‘m guessing the execution may not live up to the premise. It‘s an intriguing one though. 4mo
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Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | Margaret Atwood
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@BarbaraBB is having a giveaway to celebrate 6 glorious years on Litsy! Wooooo hooooo! An amazing litten and an amazing space!
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My most anticipated book for 2024 is Fourteen days: An unauthorised gathering by Margaret Atwood and other authors.
I tag @CarolynM and @MrsMalaprop to join in the fun! ♥️

BarbaraBB That seems a great read! Thanks for entering the giveaway ❤️ 7mo
CarolynM Thanks for tagging me, Nerissa😘 7mo
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