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Incredibly sad diary from her mother's last years.

My mother's neigbour is in tears... I offer her a chocolate but she shakes her head, raising her ugly, puffed face. It breaks my heart. So does the following scene: as I bend forward to check the safety catch of my mother's wheelchair, she leans over and kisses my hair. How can I survive that kiss, such love, my mother, my mother

This book has been on my #tbr for about two decades. Finally cracked the spine and, three chapters in, it‘s entertaining and depressing. I can‘t help but feel sorry for the traumatized, smart-mouthed pre-teen protagonist.

Looking at reviews, this seems to be a novel that people either love or hate. If you‘ve read it, did you love it or hate it?

#shescomeundone #wallylamb #contemporaryliterature #literaryfiction #oprahsbookclub

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@TheSpineView

“Harmony exists only in music…And then rarely. A single family can no more sort out its legacy than society can…”

This is a family drama set over the Christmas holiday that wrestles with the question of what and how much one generation owes another.

Soft pick - this one won‘t be living on my shelves, despite the fabulous cover.

Up next - because I‘m a sucker for cover art! 😜

Granta 25. Not on Litsy, have suggested it but I don‘t know how long that takes to be reviewed.

An interesting set of stories, from the gripping account of the Gibraltar killings to a murder tale in South Africa which annoyingly continues in the next issue !

Ernaux mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer. This is the last years of her mother‘s at a home. After visiting her mother, Ernaux would write down a few sentences in loose papers. Those papers have turned into this slim book of 100p. And it‘s so powerful and makes you think about old age.

5th book for #MarvellousMarch and #MarchMadness @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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"I don't know what bothered me about it, but the idea of falling to one's death in those depths gave me a bad vibe."

A perfect Saturday morning at the cabin. I‘m almost finished with this book, and it‘s possible I may love it even more than A Gentleman in Moscow. Towles is such a fantastic character writer, and this book has a whole cast of them. I have no doubt that this book will be turned into a movie or tv mini-series. It‘s a story too good not to be told on the screen. #thelincolnhighway #amortowles #contemporaryliterature

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