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A friend late for coffee. Held up by neighbour with all the news of our street. I call the woman The Newspaper of Egina St. Which lead me to thinking of above book. Thought I‘d read it again. It‘s a delight. Published in 1981 by our local press . This copy given to me in 1987 by partner at the start of our relationship. So has special place in my heart for many reasons. An Aussie classic for sure. ❤️

Spotify would struggle to find an artist I was less interested in seeing tbh.

I‘m posting this here because my Mum has already endured my rant about How To Make Gravy coming 9th in the recent TripleJ Hottest Australian 100 of all time.

Thanks for reviewing this book @Jeg encouraging me to read it. I havent read a book about estranged family members for a long time, and this was just written so well. Hillary is the widowed mother of two daughters who are no longer speaking to each other. We have her POV, Esther and April, the two middle aged daughters, and Lawrence, Esther‘s ex-husband. Each of them are at a crossroads. ⬇️

One of my favourites #musician
#charactercharm
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My second book by Elizabeth. This one I thought a lot about. She withdrew it from publishing in the 1970s when she also stopped writing then was persuaded to publish it in 2014 . She maintained she couldn‘t remember why .
I think she is very much in this book and that there was a Stephen in her life at the time. It‘s one of those books so well written that I had to concentrate and not read too fast.

My latest meal from DELICIOUS TONIGHT was Arabic chicken & potatoes. The potatoes didn‘t take on as much flavour as I‘d hoped, but they still had a great texture and some nicely crisped bits. The chicken was moist and tasty, with a nice tang from the sumac.

Also of note: I only needed a slight filter to make mine the same colour as the example photo.

#seamstress
#Charactercharm
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
One of my favourite writers

#BookSpin Day 4: #BrightSideOfDisaster

Got these 📚 from the Royal Exchange Theatre‘s 📕 swap last night on my way home from a trivia night to raise funds for my ballet school. It was at the pub where my dead husband & I had our first date & looks very different nowadays as it‘s become the new gay bar so from dark and gloomy to rainbow bright. I didn‘t win anything unfortunately but spent lots of money trying. The margarita was delicious as was the potato, cauliflower & bacon soup.

Oh my this book was hilarious! Benjamin reflects on life as a Chinese Australian. Ben‘s Mum had me in stitches. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️