pickNovember 2025 Book #4
Well, it took me 2 years to read this one. As I say, I will read the book, eventually. I can‘t help it, I‘m a slow, mood reader who get distracted by other books🥹🤷🏽♀️😔
Wow, I really like this novel with all those unlikable characters and dysfunctional family dynamics. If you hate so much those characters, well I think then that author made her job. Of course, it has a great premise and plot based on real event⬇️
pickTotally delightful from beginning to end! I started last year with a DE Stevenson too. I think I should make it a habit.
pickOh my goodness loved this second time around as much as I did summer 24 when I first read it , Iv been on the hunt ever since for more by this author . #persephonebookclub 🥰
pickAs I read this short novel, I kept changing my mind about where it was going. I enjoyed the unexpectedness of the story. Part of what surprised me was the of literary feeling at the start (like the descriptions of the British Columbia setting and the poignant early moments of Frankie‘s coming-of-age), and then the move into a more exaggerated, eventful story by the end.
#PersephoneClub - August 2025
(Forgot to tag everyone. Done now!)
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pickThe framework of this novel is the progress of a love affair over the course of one year, but the guts of it is an exploration of love in various forms (familial, marital, romantic, erotic) and the social expectations of women in 1970. It‘s the sort of story I want to devour in one sitting, and because I had plenty of time today I could do just that. I loved it, my favourite #PersephoneClub read this year.
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I enjoyed this story of a young, widowed mother of 3 girls who suddenly finds herself kissed on a London street by a past admirer, actor Charlie. What ensues is the tale of how Anna copes with the change in the perception of her by 1970s society. Interesting snapshot of societal change.
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Sorry , I‘m only seeing my prompt to vote now. I‘ve tagged the book on the left as in the picture it‘s a bit blurry. ❤️ #PersephoneClub.
✨ Few Eggs and No Oranges
✨ Crooked Cross
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pickI really enjoyed this short 1975 novel about a young widow with three daughters. Anna runs into a younger man from her past “one afternoon” and they embark on a love affair that is not exactly approved of by everyone in her life. The 1970s setting, and the social mores of that period, gave it such an interesting vibe. And I desperately covet her glorious Georgian house. 😆
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I‘ve gone back to the beginning of the catalogue to find my suggestions for October. Fidelity tagged, Every Eye tagged in comments.
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