pickI really loved this! I picked it up on a whim in a used bookstore in Canada because Ondaatje is Canadian, it turns out he is also half Sri Lankan - most of his family is from and still lives there. Focused on the history of his family & it is everything you could ask for about a 1920-40s eccentric family the stories are amazingly outlandish and pure fun. You can tell there is a cover of nostalgia but the writing is delicious enough to forgive it.
marleed Can I just sit a spell in your gorgeous little corner and work down my TBR!? 1y
ChaoticMissAdventures @marleed thank you! I love this corner, but the chair is super uncomfortable. Which means I get to sit across the room from it and look at it while I read 😂 1y
marleed Oh that‘s funny and I understand. I own a gorgeous teakwood barrel chair that my late-husband and I ordered from the Sundance catalog years ago for our anniversary. The whole purchase and delivery is such a fun story (and way over our budget) that I can‘t part with this uncomfortable wood chair. But I absolutely love looking at it - and it serves as a great spot for tossing my ever growing pile of throw blankets 1y
ChaoticMissAdventures @marleed aesthetics and memories that sounds like a lovely chair you should always keep! 1y
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