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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

Today I finished Lillian Boxfish takes a walk! Here are my stats from this read. I read it in 7 days. Review in the following post!
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Lissy1

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

After seeing this post by @MayJasper about a month back as part of the #CuriousCovers tag, I looked it up and it sounded really interesting so I went out and bought it a couple of weeks back and now I‘m gonna start on it. Exciting!
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Ruthiella Pretty cover! 😍 3y

marleed I love this book. I‘d love it if my annual New Years Eve tradition was to give it a reread! 3y

rjsthumbelina Holy crap, I need this cover! 3y

kspenmoll I love this book! 3y

MayJasper I hope you enjoy it x 3y

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kspenmoll

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

#botmbuddyread #December #LillianBoxfish
#reread
I am so enjoying rereading this; no worries about the plot-really appreciating the language, seeing more...posting this picture of my mom modeling for G.Fox Dept Store, later bought out by Macy‘s. Relates to the book. My mother is the one holding the packages, Lorraine Abbott.

AmyG, TheBookHippie, MrsV, Andrew65, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, Cathythoughts, Mitch, EadieB, KatieDid927, KnowledgeoverEveryThing

Mitch That‘s so amazing! 💕💕💕 6y

EadieB Nice picture! Do you know the year? Looks like 40‘s. @kspenmoll (edited) 6y

Andrew65 Great picture! 6y

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kspenmoll @EadieB Great guess! It was in the 40‘s- think mid to late but not sure if exact date. One of my sibs may know. It could be when she graduated late 30s, HS- she wanted to go to UConn but parents wanted to stay home & go to local Catholic college. So she rebelled & decided to work in Hartford. After two years of work she wanted to go to college. After college she spent 5 years working. 6y

mrp27 Neat! 6y

kspenmoll @Mitch @EadieB @andrew65. It‘s a treasure of a photo. Thank you!! 6y

AmyG That‘s amazing!!! 6y

EadieB @kspenmoll I think my mom was around your mom‘s age. My mom was born 1922 so she must have graduated HS in 1939. She majored in photography and had to go where they sent her. She lived in Kansas and went to Philadelphia and met my dad on the original Pearl Harbor Day and got married in 1942. 6y

kspenmoll @EadieB My mom is your mom‘s contemporary- she was born 1924, just 2yrs after yours. Do you have photos your mom took? 😀 were your parents at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed? (edited) 6y

EadieB @kspenmoll My mom got a job in Philadelphia touching up photographs and my dad was dating her roommate. He saw my mom and and they connected so she said to her roommate, “Do you mind if I go out with him?” Roommate said, “Sure! I‘m done with him.” They were in Philly on Pearl Harbor Day. I do have a picture that she had taken at the photo studio. I will tag you because I posted it before. (edited) 6y

Lindy Love the photo and your story about your mom. ❤️ 6y

kspenmoll @Lindy Thanks so much! 6y

kspenmoll @EadieB Thanks for sharing your mom & dad‘s story! Love the roommate‘s response! ❤️ 6y

JaclynW Lovely photo and story! 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful!!! I love this!! So awesome ❤️❤️❤️ 6y

Suet624 💕💕💕 6y

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Jess7

The Woman in the Window | A. J. Finn

This graphic captures the way I felt about this month. Unfortunately my January #Stats were pretty low. I finished reading two books - #FireAndFury and #LillianBoxfish. Both were just so-so to me. I read some of a few other books, but have yet to finish them. (including the tagged book) Fingers crossed that February‘s stats will be better. #ReadingResolutions

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SheilaChew I‘m with you - I‘m hoping that February with her two three-day weekends will have more reading time for me! 7y

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LitsyBuddyRead

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

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Question 1 of 6 of the Final Discussion. Comment below. #LitsyBuddyRead

MinDea, Jess7, LitsyBuddyRead

MinDea I actually was very surprised. That is not the what I thought the illness was going to be. 7y

AmyG While I knew something happened on that second cruise, I had no idea this was it. The story made Lillian seem so strong, so sure of herself...but depression doesn‘t care about any of that, does it? @MinDea I, too, didn‘t think that was tthe illnes at all. (edited) 7y

JamieArc I was really surprised. It‘s been a little while since I finished it, but I feel like there was a chunk of her life - when her son was little, that we didn‘t get much of a glimpse into and that‘s why it surprised me. 7y

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LitsyBuddyRead @cajunsyd @TheBookAddict @GlassAsDiamonds @tjwill @PandaPanda @Mdargusch @Laughterhp @AmyG @Chelsea.Poole @JamieArc @Sresendez12 @Bourriquet76 @BarbaraBB @marywag08 @Augustdana @allison_tx @bedandabook @Suelizbeth @AnneCecilie @rachaich @sprainedbrain @cathysaid @Jinjer @jhod @Melissa_J @Pamwurtzler @valeka @CarolynM @hes7 @Natasha.C.Barnes @Debiw781 @shendrix413 @Lkelly @Samantah.1020 @mrozz 7y

rachaich It made me think of Sylvia Plath 7y

AmyG @JamieArc Yes! There was so little written of his childhood so we never got to see a descent into alcoholism and depression. 7y

Suelizbeth @JamieArc Yes. I agree with you. Not much foreshadowing. 7y

Jess7 I agree @JamieArc @MinDea @AmyG - I was very surprised by her suicide attempt. I definitely didn‘t see that coming, but I was more upset at how Max felt embarrassed instead of empathy. 7y

mrozzz Agreed with @JamieArc depression isn‘t rational despite how levelheaded Lillian usually was 7y

Valeka I was surprised by it but, unfortunately, depression can effect anyone. 7y

Laughterhp Yes, I wasn‘t expecting that. It doesn‘t seem to fit her personality, but I guess depression can make you do things... 7y

BarbaraBB This was in my opinion the weakest part of the story. It hadn‘t been introduced properly (it came out of nowhere) and it didn‘t add anything to the story. I wonder why Rooney wanted to include this storyline. (edited) 7y

sprainedbrain I was surprised... definitely didn‘t see that coming. 7y

GlassAsDiamonds Kind of... but then it also seemed to have almost surprised her as well especially in relation to how much it mattered to her that Max had had an affair and handled things the way he did. 7y

GlassAsDiamonds @Jess7 ooh yeah, paragon of masculine virtues there want he? 😡 7y

AnneCecilie Like everyone else, I was really surprised. It never crossed my mind that she would try that, but I feel that her memories focused more on her life before her kid. Not sure what that says about her. 7y

Pamwurtzler I haven‘t researched this, but did that same thing happen to Margaret Fishback? 7y

AmyG @BarbaraBB Exactly! 7y

MinDea @Barbarabb I agree. I kept wondering where this storyline came from and how it fit in. Seemed odd to the storyline. 7y

MinDea @BarbaraBB @Mdargusch @JamieArc did you guys reas 7y

MinDea *research Margaret Fishback at all? 7y

Chelseylovestoread I agree @GlassAsDiamonds, it seemed like Lillian didn‘t have an understanding of what she was experiencing until she was on the other side of it. I was surprised by the suicide attempt but I think Lillian was too, she had always been so strong and levelheaded. She probably never thought she would ever have depression. 7y

BarbaraBB @MinDea I did. She is an interesting woman, living in an interesting time. 7y

JamieArc @mindea I did a little but I can‘t remember how true this part of the story is... makes me want to do more researching. @BarbaraBB I totally agree - it wasn‘t set up properly. Things happening out of the blue is often good in stories, but it didn‘t work here. 7y

GlassAsDiamonds @Chelseylovestoread I thought that her treatment was handled fascinatingly as well but she did almost seem to have been blindsided by the episode didn‘t she? 7y

Jinjer Yes very surprised! 7y

Chelseylovestoread @GlassAsDiamonds yes absolutely. I think she held herself to such a high standard that she never thought she could end up at rock bottom. 7y

Debiw781 Once I realized something had happened on the cruise, suicide was my first thought- although I was thinking she had tried to jump overboard instead. Oddly enough, this was where I began to actually enjoy the story. 7y

theokiereader I agree, @BarbaraBB . It wasn‘t set up well at all. Parts of this book made me want to scream in frustration. The first was when Lillian melted into this stereotypical hysterical woman when she met Max. The second was when motherhood made her want to kill herself. Couldn‘t she have married Max and maintained her strong independence? Couldn‘t she have become a Mother and acknowledged that, why she still might want to pursue her career.... 7y

theokiereader ...this whole motherhood thing was pretty awesome, too? Instead, it was like the author said, “See? Because she didn‘t continue to act as an independent single woman, because she chose to get married and have kids, she destroyed who she was and fell into depression.” Does postpartum happen? Of course. But, I don‘t feel like that was what the author was going for. It felt like a warning towards marriage & family, like we‘ll destroy who we as women 7y

Sresendez12 @Debiw781 I thought the same thing about her jumping overboard. However, it makes more sense the way it went because I would think it would be very hard for her survive jumping overboard. I wish we would have been given more of her story leading up to the attempt. 7y

tjwill Sorry to get here so late! I was definitely surprised. I wondered what “the incident” was going to be and why their second trip to Italy was not successful, but that was the extent of the foreshadowing. No indication that is was going to be so bad. 7y

cathysaid I was less surprised by the depression than most of you but strangely, was quite surprised by the alcoholism. There seemed to be a bit of a build up with her irrational, out of character reactions to some things (like thinking she could live with Max's affair) but I didn't think she was drinking "excessively" for the time period. @Chelseylovestoread I like your point about Lillian's surprise at the depression, @glassasdiamonds. 7y

cathysaid @Debiw781 @sresendez12 I never thought of that...going overboard. But now it seems so obvious! 7y

Hooked_on_books I was surprised by it because it was just plopped into the book without warning or explanation, which didn‘t work for me at all. It could‘ve been built up to in a much more believable way. 7y

BarbaraBB @marywag08 I hadn‘t thought of it that way but it might have been true. Interesting! 7y

CarolynM I think you need to take the times Lillian lived into account. There was much less knowledge about mental health, it certainly wasn't something talked about. A person had to be pretty far gone before anyone would respond and then usually without a lot of sympathy. 7y

cajunsyd Yes, I was very surprised. 7y

Mdargusch Yes! I did not see that coming. She sure seemed to recover from it too. 7y

Mdargusch And I agree with you @Hooked_on_books 7y

Kaylamburson I also was completely shocked! I thought she'd be more the type to do something to Max than to herself. I also didn't expect the alcoholism. I agree with @hooked_on_books and others that said it was plopped in out of nowhere. I almost feel like the author was trying to add shock factor in an otherwise mundane story. 7y

UrsulaMonarch Agree with everyone about the surprise (and the alcoholism being a surprise), and that Max was cowardly. The details about the vertical cut & pressing into the armpit wet brutal. This part definitely made me think about trigger warnings. 7y

GlassAsDiamonds @CarolynM I agree about the time period. Also I note that she says she‘s lost memories so in many ways it seems appropriate to me that it was sudden and out of the blue. For the character looking back, it had that air as well.... so it seemed in keeping with the narrative. 7y

Jess7 @avalinah - here is 1/6 final questions for #LillianBoxfish - it‘s marked spoiler so you have to click that first if you want to participate - so as not to spoil anything for people who aren‘t a part of this particular #LitsyBuddyRead 7y

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Jinjer

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

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I finished our #litsybuddyread book #lillianboxfish and loved it so much I want to own the UK edition with this gorgeous cover that I snagged a picture of off the internet. I loved the attention to detail in this look-back at the life of a strong, independent career woman in 1930‘s New York and on through the decades.

sprainedbrain Oooooh I like that cover, too! ❤️ 7y

readinginthedark Fun cover!!! 7y

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Jess7

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

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3.5 Stars - I finished #LillianBoxfish this evening. I admired and respected Lillian. I found her to be very real, flawed, and interesting. The pace of the book was a little slow. The ending fell a little flat for me, but I enjoyed the author‘s writing style. I am looking forward to our final discussion Sunday, and I am excited to find out more about the real, inspiring feminist, Margaret Fishback. Who is excited for Sunday? #LitsyBuddyRead

MinDea, Jess7, LitsyBuddyRead

Jess7 This is my “R” - for the author Kathleen #Rooney. #LitsyAtoZ 7y

Meglet Great review. Useful for helping me decide if I‘d like the book or not! 7y

Valeka I have about 80 pages left in the book! I always look forward to the #litsybuddyread discussions! 7y

Jess7 #BOOKREVIEW #JPBOOKREVIEW 7y

Jess7 #thegreeneyedreader 6y

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Chelsea.Poole

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

I‘m going to try to get to this one for the buddy read! A physical copy just arrived from a branch for me. Plus, I have the digital audiobook ready to go! 🤓
#litsybuddyread #lillianboxfish

jhod Yay! 7y

Jess7 The discussion today will be posted to the @LitsyBuddyRead page! 🤗. 7y

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Jinjer

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

Lillian Boxfish refers to Oreos as “vile black sandwiches”. 😂I wonder if she‘d like my freshly baked cookies any better.🤔 I wasn‘t impressed by this dough so I experimented this morning. Some have chocolate chips, some butterscotch chips, some almond extract. All have pecans. I think what‘s missing is salt! No salt in the recipe. #LitsyBuddyRead #LillianBoxfish

MinDea, Jess7

coffeenebula Yummy! You could sprinkle some sea salt on them 🍪 7y

Jess7 ❤️❤️❤️ 7y

Chelsea.Poole Those look amazing! 7y

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JazzFeathers They look so yammy 😁 And accudently, l baked cookies too, today 😜 7y

Jinjer @coffeenebula I‘ll try that on the next batch! 7y

Jinjer @Chelsea.Poole Thanks! 7y

Jinjer @JazzFeathers What kind? 7y

JazzFeathers @Jinjer l've baked cookies, crackled cookies and shortbread fingers 😁😁 7y

Jinjer @JazzFeathers yum!!! 7y

readinginthedark I can‘t have much salt, but I don‘t think I‘ve ever baked cookies that didn‘t have any unless the recipe called for salted butter. 7y

Jinjer @readinginthedark We ended up adding salt to the cinnamon sugar mixture that you roll them in and that helped! 7y

readinginthedark Mmm, that sounds delicious! 😋 7y

Jess7 The discussion today will be posted to the @LitsyBuddyRead page! 🤗. 7y

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