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pickRobert Louis Stevenson, his new wife and her son were on a honeymoon trip squatting in a falling apart cabin in the hills outside of Napa. There is zero mention of his wife and son. Lol.
Lots of description of the neighbors and the landscape. Surprisingly good. 3.5⭐
pickA historical fiction story depicting the life of Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny. I enjoyed reading this novel. The health issues of Stevenson had kept them traveling the world in the hopes of the ideal location for his concerns. They spent time in Switzerland, England, the south seas. 4/5⭐️
"The scene of this little book is on a high mountain."
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I‘m giving this book away. I gave it 5 stars. It works for #Samoa, our #foodandlit country for October. I‘m happy to send it to a Litten who wants it. Let me know! 😁
My Saturday wind down 🥰 (not pictured the can of Yuengling flight beer I‘m sipping on) #booksbrewsbaseball 📖🍺⚾️
“For readers, books are a universal salve. When we are hot, we read to feel cooler; when we are cold, we read to warm up; tired, books wake us up; anxious, they calm us.” (pg. 142 of the tagged book)
pickThe ending felt very unsatisfying. The whole book I felt like the ending was going to involve divorce, but the ending didn‘t even involve a proper ending or closure. This book is funny in the way of a Troost book, but it had a much darker tone because, ultimately, this is his addiction and recovery memoir. It‘s actually heartbreaking in some ways, and it‘s hard to put my finger on exactly why.
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I‘m not sure if this is funny or tragic. He‘s returned to Kiribati without his wife and children (apparently they have 2 sons now), having seemingly run away from home after going to rehab for alcoholism (at least he‘s not drinking), and he‘s waxing poetic about how things are just how they were when they left. It‘s funny in its way, but it‘s also heartbreaking. I seriously feel like this is a harbinger of divorce ahead.
