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Remembering the Bones
Remembering the Bones: A Novel | Frances Itani
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Best-selling author Frances Itanis second novel is a beautifully written, moving tale of the staying power of family through time and memory, and the extent to which individual lives can influence and resonate in the world around them. Born on the exact same day as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian Georgina Witley is invited to an eightieth birthday lunch at Buckingham Palace. All she has to do is drive to the airport and board the plane for London. Except that Georgie drives off the edge of the road, her car plunging into a thickly wooded ravine. Thrown from the car, injured, and unable to move, she must rely on her full store of family memories, her no-nonsense wit, and a recitation of the names of the bones in her bodyan exercise from childhoodto remind her she is still alive. As Georgina lies stranded and helpless, she reflects on her role as a daughter, mother, sister, wife, and widow, on lost loves and painful secrets.
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LibraryCin
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Mehso-so

This was good. The initial crash brought me in and although the memories initially weren‘t as interesting, I found it picked up a bit when Georgie got married, so I liked the second half of the story better. I also liked the comparisons to “Lilibet‘s” (Queen Elizabeth‘s) life and the little royal tidbits brought in that way. Cont in comments...

LibraryCin I thought it was amusing that all the women in Georgie‘s family had names that shortened into “male” names: Phil, Fred (she had an Aunt and Uncle Fred when her Aunt Fred married a Fred), Grand Dan… (ok, not quite all, but most) 2y
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Eggs
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Bones sinking like stones
All that we've fought for
Homes, places we've grown
All of us are done for🎶

Georgina, helpless and injured when her car fell into a ravine, tried to distract her desperation by reciting all the bones in the body...

#dontpanic #julycoldplay

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Gleefulreader
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A headless and a nearly #headlesscover for #day18 of #photoadaynov18 (and oddly, right beside each other on my bookshelf).