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Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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Places in the Heart is on Netflix 🙃
I‘ve not seen it since the 80s
Apparently my reading and visual life is farming 😂😅

See you Sunday … 🤫🤐🤫

AmyG I didn‘t know this was based on Zorrie. Thanks for the heads up. 10h

TheBookHippie @AmyG it‘s not -but the visuals of farming were helpful to see what she came from . I think it‘s a 1935 setting. (edited) 10h

AmyG Ahhhhhhh 10h

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Zorrie | Laird Hunt

This was beautiful! I can‘t wait to discuss with everyone!
📚 A to Z= Z
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📚 POP= set 24 years before I was born

TheBookHippie

tpixie Gorgeous cover! 2d

Texreader Marking this one for #litsyatoz #letterZ so I can it again!! 😃 2d

AmyG Agree. This is a lovely little gem. 1d

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AmyG

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

1. I am off to Denver for a week with my daughter who has big plans for us….cleaning out the garage. 🤣
2. The mountains
3. I am in Colorado in the Rocky Mountains and it‘s getting ready for anow tonight. 😝

@Cupcake12 #MotivationalMonday

kspenmoll #1🤣🤣🤣 3d

TheBookHippie 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 3d

Lesliereadsalot Can you tell me how #MotivationalMonday works? 3d

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Have a safe trip!! 3d

Cupcake12 Have a good time in Denver. Thanks for joining in. Xx 3d

UwannaPublishme Have a great trip…even though you‘ll be cleaning! 😄 24h

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Read4life

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

1. Dr appointments, physical therapy, visiting my daughter
2. My backyard, patio, fire pit, Sherlock exploring 🐶
3. North Carolina. 86 degrees and sunny 😎
4. One of three current reads

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

Want to play @Gissy @AmandaBlaze @kelli7990

Eggs 🥰😍 3d

Cupcake12 Great answers. Good luck for your appointment. Thanks for joining in xx 3d

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TheBookHippie

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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The prose is beautiful …… sigh

Happy Sunday ! I love the slow pace of this month. I also love the slow read of this to soak it in and contemplate it. I think it‘s the better experience for this book.

I thank you for joining me ♥️

On we read 🙃

Sargar114 I‘m pretty dense when it comes to prose and writing styles, but I am enjoying it a lot more than I would expect so maybe that‘s why. I agree the slow read is beneficial; I think I am catching more than I would if we went straight through. 4d

AmyG Thank you for this one. You have redeemed yourself after The Notebook! 🤣 4d

TheBookHippie @AmyG omg we were bamboozled by that one … now when I see it mentioned in other books I truly believe the author hasn‘t read it. 😵‍💫🤣👀🤭🙄 4d

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TheBookHippie @Sargar114 I think we would miss too much of the story. 4d

AmyG @TheBookHippie Ha, I wouldn‘t be surprised….they want to seem like they read it because it‘s a “literary work of art”. 🤣🤢 4d

kspenmoll I just love this read so far! 4d

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll Oh me too, it‘s just lovely. Heartbreaking -but I think very necessary. 4d

Librarybelle Great start! It‘s such a quiet novel that packs a punch with its poetic writing style. 4d

Karisa Beautiful book! Definitely one to slow down and savor with. Perfect for SBR. It wasn‘t on my radar—thank you! 4d

TheBookHippie @Karisa ♥️😊♥️ 4d

vonnie862 I am enjoying the short read. I am still in shock that people use to add radium to their food and drink. 4d

Read4life This pace is perfect. My post op meds make me very sleepy so I‘m in and out. Small, beautiful daily reads have been wonderful. 4d

TheBookHippie @vonnie862 it blows my mind…. 4d

TheBookHippie @Read4life Sending love & some good healing vibes! This is a lovely read and pace… 4d

Read4life I couldn‘t find The Golden Notebook to borrow on ebook & the physical book was too bulky for me to navigate one handed. I followed the discussions and I‘m ok with missing that one. This one is so beautiful so I‘m glad I bought the ebook when it was on sale. 💙 4d

Read4life Thank you, Christine 💙💙 I‘m really enjoying it and savoring each page. 4d

vlwelser It's so nice to just read a few pages for the week after that last nightmare. 4d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 😵‍💫 thankfully I‘m a good planner… whew. I stillll feel betrayed. 😝 ughhh. 4d

TheBookHippie @Read4life I am actually glad I read it but… what an ordeal AND it wasn‘t what people say it is, not even a little bit. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 4d

willaful @TheBookHippie I wish I'd noticed, I would've warned you! 😂 4d

mcctrish This book is an actual gift, thank you Christine for picking it and extra thanks for your impeccable timing ( @AmyG I laughed out loud at your comment ) 4d

mcctrish @Read4life you dodged a bullet with the notebook 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish ♥️📙😊♥️ 4d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish Now when ppl say they‘ve read it I QUIZ THEM. 👀 4d

mcctrish ABSOLUTELY!!!! Anyone who gushes is lying 4d

Sargar114 Y‘all are making me real glad I skipped last month…I mean with everything that happened can‘t imagine I wouldn‘t have bailed but still… 4d

TheBookHippie @Sargar114 only a few of us actually finished the really strong willed stubborn ones apparently gluttons for punishment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄🤭🤷🏻‍♀️ it is SO NOT what it is billed as AND the author doesn‘t want it to be so 😵‍💫 it all just astounds me. It‘s been referenced in countless books we‘ve read together. 🤯 such a betrayal 🤭😝 4d

DebinHawaii I gotta say that after have a bit of guilt about abandoning TGN after 130-ish pages, I am happy I escaped it after seeing all the posts & comments each week! Whew! 😅😆 This is a lovely book & as you said, perfect for a slow read & discussion. Looking forward to more.💛 4d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I want a medal for finishing and I found pictures and questions for all of it 🤣😵‍💫😝🤷🏻‍♀️🤭🤯🙄😳 I still can‘t believe we did it. What a mess. 4d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii this current read is just zen. 4d

DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie You deserve a medal🏅actually you deserve 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅one for each notebook & a trophy 🏆 for the whole darn thing! 😂 4d

julieclair I am in awe of those of you who actually finished TGN. I took one look at the page count and wimped out. But I do wonder… as much as I am enjoying this quiet read, would I be enjoying it even more if I was reading it after having slogged my way through TGN? 🤔 4d

TheBookHippie @julieclair 😊 4d

maich Zorrie is outside my comfort zone and I wouldn't have chosen it myself. It is meaningful story and we can learn a lot from it. It is that kind of book that I have google open on my phone and looking for more informations about the stuff I read in book. And I agree with all you that this is a slow read. 4d

mollyrotondo I am loving this book! It‘s beautifully written. So glad this was the pick after The Golden Notebook. I agree @TheBookHippie that I think if anyone is glowingly referencing it in a novel they definitely have not read it 🙄 2d

TheBookHippie @mollyrotondo RIGHT?!?! Surely not. 2d

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Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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Part two

Harold

Marriage

Farming life

Multiple miscarriages ( This blame the woman then and now makes my blood boil)

War

Kipling https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57409/epitaphs-of-the-war

Harold dies

So visceral it all is…

Sargar114 Amazing how much information we got. I wasn‘t aware there were multiple miscarriages (I didn‘t catch that) but not surprised. So sad about Harold, but again not surprising. Is she gonna have to take care of his parents now? Didn‘t seem like they were doing all that great and can‘t imagine how this will affect them. 4d

IndoorDame Harold blaming her for the miscarriage 😵‍💫. But the doctor and everyone else keeping her inside for so long actually shocked me! She‘s right, she‘s not exactly the first person this happened to… 4d

AmyG Oh, the times she lived in. I am fascinated by Noah. Does he come into the story more? 4d

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kspenmoll So much happened to Zorrie in so few pages- so much loss. @Sargar114 I missed the multiple miscarriages too. @AmyG Me too. Keep wondering if something will happen with Noah & Zorrie despite his marriage. Not sure why he cannot visit his wife 4d

AmyG @kspenmoll Right? What would make his wife set their house on fire? I hope we learn more about her. 4d

TheBookHippie @AmyG oh I hope we see Noah and more of the story. 4d

Librarybelle Zorrie‘s life - just wow. It is frustrating to read how miscarriage thoughts always blamed the woman. 4d

Karisa @kspenmoll @AmyG Noah does feel important somehow. It‘s like all the other characters at this point are too perfect, in a dream world. 4d

Karisa All these big events are covered thoughtfully but also quickly, not in small detail. I‘m wondering if the pace will slow down as we get to her main story. Laird Hunt‘s writing is reminding me a bit of Claire Keegan‘s novellas. 4d

vonnie862 My heart broke for her. With just a few words, Zorrie's heartaches were fully demonstrated. Laird Hunt was a talented writer. 4d

vlwelser This is all so very heartbreaking. But she just keeps doing her thing. 4d

vlwelser I want to know more about the neighbor and his wife that's locked away. But I guess we're getting Zorrie's perspective so she probably doesn't know. 4d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser I assume that as well, so I wonder as she or if she gets to know him more will we ? Or will it just remain background? 4d

mcctrish @IndoorDame I was surprised too that they had her take it easy for so long. I wasn‘t surprised she lost the baby taking spoonfuls of radium but I was surprised it meant she lost more ( unless it was understood she kept taking the ‘tonic‘ shudder) @Karisa it‘s a combo of Claire Keegan and Kent Haruf for me; spare, quiet and powerful writing ❤️❤️ 4d

Sargar114 @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie @vlwelser I wonder more about Noah and what will happen with them as well! 4d

DebinHawaii The keeping her inside & resting & the blame seem so Indicative of the times. So many things happening in the first two chapters & not that many pages should be depressing, but the writing style & pace make it hard to dwell on the tragic—it has a resilience to it like Zorrie herself. (edited) 4d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii That is it exactly! 4d

julieclair I feel that Noah will become an important figure in Zorrie‘s life. 4d

maich So many happens in these pages. And that miscarriages. My mum was pregnant during Chernobyl accident and she had a miscarriage. She told me that there were so many miscarriages and genetic mutation in Europe because of the Chernobyl. So definitely Zorrie lost her baby because of the radium. 4d

TheBookHippie @maich oh how awful. It‘s so so sad. 3d

maich @TheBookHippie there are so many sad stories from the history that are still untold... 3d

mollyrotondo @DebinHawaii I agree. It‘s terribly sad but it‘s written in a way that makes you continue to feel the fight in Zorrie so you feel worried and angry and sad but not utterly depressed because Zorrie‘s fight keeps you keeping on. Harold wasn‘t my favorite 🙄 2d

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Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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PART I

We meet Zorrie and get her back story. What do you think of her childhood? Her Aunt 😵‍💫

Is this writing lovely or what ???

kspenmoll This writing is beautiful! So much related to us in “sparse” writing. “ Eerily lit, at times, by a radium glow, this is a luminous book.” Erica Wagner ( from back cover of the book) 4d

kspenmoll Her aunt was a horror. Nasty. 4d

IndoorDame The writing is so lovely!!! 4d

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Sargar114 So dark and then just leaves her nothin!!!! It‘s amazing she made it out as lovey and sociable as she is. 4d

AmyG I am amazed how positive she stayed after living with her nasty Aunt. Agree with @Sargar114. And yes, the writing is wonderful….I am loving this story. 4d

Librarybelle The aunt is a terror. But, how she picks herself up and carries on is inspiring. I‘m liking the writing of this and really wanted to keep reading. I made myself stop after section 2! 4d

Karisa Love the writing! The part in which Noah and Zorrie talking about whirlwinds… breathtaking! Zorrie herself is almost too good to be true at this point—makes her feel not quite fleshed out. Aunt was 🤮! 4d

vonnie862 I love Zorrie. With everything she went through, she kept going on. She tried to find work to better support herself. People back then we're more resilient. 4d

Read4life @Karisa I think breathtaking is a perfect descriptor. 4d

vlwelser The writing is so lovely. I'm glad you found this. I would never have picked this on my own. 4d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 💟 4d

mcctrish Zorrie is a wonder. I was so sad when she wasn‘t more forthcoming with her teacher but then she finds a full family and community so ❤️ her aunt was a shit (edited) 4d

DebinHawaii Her aunt was awful! I am enjoying Zorrie as a character & want to learn more. The writing is lovely. I agree with @vlwelser I‘m glad you picked this book because I hadn‘t heard of it & likely would not have picked it. 🤗 4d

BarkingMadRead That aunt is the worst, I was so glad she found real family on her own 4d

CoffeeNBooks Zorrie is so hopeful that everything will work out, despite everything she's been through. 4d

julieclair I am so impressed by her calm strength, despite all the tragedy that has happened to her. She just keeps quietly persevering. 4d

TheBookHippie @julieclair she seems to have inner fortitude that‘s for sure! 4d

TheBookHippie @CoffeeNBooks I kinda love that. She is quite remarkable. 4d

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead Right?! Our relatives in books are 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 lately!!! 🤣🤣🤣 4d

maich @CoffeeNBooks I agree with you. And that's why I like Zorrie. Her aunt is nasty. In Slovenia, we have the term 'Relatives are a scattered sheet' for all mean relatives. 4d

TheBookHippie @maich I love that saying!!! 3d

mollyrotondo Zorrie definitely had a rough youth. Her parents died and then she was raised by a woman who did not encourage her education. She basically just used Zorrie to keep her farm going. I felt bad though for the aunt because she was in so much debt that she was basically at risk of loosing her farm. It was just terrible that there wasn‘t anything left for Zorrie to inherit in order to keep a roof over her head. 2d

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Radium plant
Hard to read in hindsight …hard to read her having it with her…

https://www.nprillinois.org/equity-justice/2018-01-25/the-radium-girls-an-illino...

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/radium-girls.htm

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/03/radium-girls-living-dead-women/

https://www.historynet.com/radium-girls-vs-us-radium/

kspenmoll This was heartbreaking to read about with the knowledge we have now. How the girls used it for beauty, etc. ingesting it… Zorrie‘s loss of her baby & infertility caused by the radium - she thought she was haloing her baby. How sad. I wonder how many women suffered this way? 4d

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll I wonder as well since I‘m sure there‘s so much more not reported about the affect of radium on these women. 4d

IndoorDame I found it especially hard to read these sections with everyone being so young and carefree. I kept looking for any kind of foreshadowing in the writing itself, but it was only in my mind which was a really strange sensation. 4d

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Sargar114 I cringed reading that part and every time she used it as a “tonic” especially when she was pregnant. I was so happy when she got out of there! 4d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I know- it was in us the reader!!! So visceral!!! 4d

TheBookHippie @Sargar114 me THROW THAT BOX AWAY!!!! 😵‍💫 4d

AmyG I read Radium Girls and when I read what Zorrie was doing I thought….oh no. I would guess, too, her miscarriage and infertility is caused by that. 4d

Sargar114 @TheBookHippie right?!!! 🤢😵‍💫 4d

Sargar114 @AmyG I have that on my tbr! 4d

kspenmoll Thanks for all these articles-here‘s one concerning CT where I live - had no idea of this history. https://connecticuthistory.org/waterburys-radium-girls/ 4d

kspenmoll @IndoorDame I wanted to shout at Zorrie to stop using it! Yes, @TheBookHippie “ THROW THAT BOX AWAY!!!!!!” 4d

AmyG @Sargar114 It‘s a heartbreaking book…but very good. 4d

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll oh my goodness …I was thinking while reading without Radium Girls being such a big hit would people even know about any of this? It should be taught in history class. Fascinating article you found. 4d

Librarybelle @AmyG Exactly. I too have read Radium Girls, and I think I actually said “oh no” out loud when we got to the first section. I groaned when she took radium during her pregnancy. It‘s so hard to see how people lived with this and interacted with this knowing what we know now. Same thing with opium and laudanum - I want to scream “don‘t touch that!” 4d

Karisa When they instructed her to put the brush in her mouth ((shudder)). I can see how the glow would seem like magic though. I didn‘t realize some people even thought it was healthy to use! 😢Makes you wonder what everyday things today will be found to be toxic… 4d

TheBookHippie @Karisa I had those same thoughts. Look at all the things women have taken in pregnancy that turned out to be deadly Thalidomide and Diethylstilboestrol (DES) just two examples. Nonstick pans etc etc 😵‍💫 4d

Karisa @TheBookHippie Oooh, yes. Exactly 😢 4d

vonnie862 I need to read Radium Girls. I shouldn't be shocked that radium was used for everything but I can't imagine all the health issues and deaths it caused. It broke my heart that Zorrie lost her baby and could not get pregnant again because of the radium. 4d

Read4life I, too, need to read Radium Girls. Like others have said, it was heartbreaking reading this section, seeing the joy the ladies felt using the powder for fun with the younger kids, etc and knowing the devastating effects it would bring. 4d

vlwelser I was horrified by this. Those poor girls. But how were they supposed to know? And then Zorrie loses the baby. So awful. 4d

mcctrish @Karisa as I was reading the part of her training I hit that part about putting the brush in her mouth and my brain corrected to “before” dipping and I kept going and then the real words caught up to me and I said “oh no, not after WTF” and then I thought do I know what radium actually is? Is it bad? Please don‘t be bad 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4d

mcctrish This was bloody heartbreaking 4d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish I was holding my breath while reading and then DREAD… but, how would they know? 4d

Karisa @mcctrish 😭 Horrible 4d

DebinHawaii I echo everyone. Having read Radium Girls as well, my heart just sank with the training, the brush in the mouth & taking her in the bathroom to see the glow & how much they used it. Then with the baby. So tragic. 😭 4d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I imagine it was fun and new how could they know, but reading it we all just sucked in our breath, so worried for them all! 4d

BarkingMadRead I haven‘t read Radium Girls, the parts with the baby were heartbreaking, I hope she never knows 4d

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I had that same thought. 4d

CoffeeNBooks I read Radium Girls, too, so I worried as soon as I read this part. 4d

julieclair So so sad with the radium. And she purposely took it while pregnant because she thought it was healthy. 😢 4d

maich I was worried for her. She will probably die soon. I remembered of Marie Curie (my favourite scientist). She gave her life to radioactivity and died as a result. Her diaries still emit radiation today. 4d

mollyrotondo I learned so much from Radium Girls that as soon as she started working in this factory I thought oh no. And I loved how the author did not explain anything but just left everything for us to figure out. It‘s a sad story but incredibly beautifully written. 2d

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The first L Chicago talk made my heart swoon 🏙️💙

https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-by-l/sidetracks/history-l

https://www.chicago-l.org/history/

https://loopchicago.com/in-the-loop/then-and-now-a-brief-history-of-the-chicago-...

😊🏙️🚊

kspenmoll Enjoyed reading about the L‘s transit history. 4d

Sargar114 So unique! Love Chicago! 4d

AmyG What a wonderful city! 4d

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Librarybelle Thanks for the links! 4d

Karisa More cities need this type of system today! The reference in the book helped to show the time period so well. Lots of progress happening 4d

vonnie862 @Karisa I agree. It saddens me that we don't have a better public transportation here in Southern California. 4d

Karisa @vonnie862 Such a missed opportunity! 4d

vlwelser I think it's cute that this is what the girls aspire to. 4d

mcctrish I was happy to remember being in Chicago and my ride on the L during this chat and @vlwelser I thought it was cute too that this was their dream 4d

DebinHawaii This was a fun part to read about. It‘s such a great system & city! Great links. 🤗 4d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I was like SEEE this is my love!! 😊🤣💙🏙️ 4d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser I absolutely love it. 4d

maich Thanks for the links. I'm learning American history slowly. 4d

TheBookHippie @maich 💙 3d

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kspenmoll

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

This cover (library book) while not as colorful/ beautiful as the other posted with @TheBookHippie ‘s discussion questions, is sparse with gray to green hues which seems representative of Zorrie‘s life so far. “out of this shadow,into this sun” epigraph, I says it all. Just loving this book.

AmyG I am loving this, too. 4d

maich I have the same cover (kindle edition). The cover is not my fave but I like this green mint color. 4d

Gissy That mug😍👌 2d

kspenmoll @Gissy The mug is from the Norman Rockwell museum - one of his works. I love drinking from it in spring/summer. 2d

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