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Single Rose
Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story about a woman's journey to discover the father she never knew and a love she never thought possible. Rose has just turned forty when she gets a call from a lawyer asking her to come to Kyoto for the reading of her estranged father's will. And so for the first time in her life she finds herself in Japan, where Paul, her father's assistant, is waiting to greet her. As Paul guides Rose along a mysterious itinerary designed by her deceased father, her bitterness and anger are soothed by the stones and the trees in the Zen gardens they move through. During their walks, Rose encounters acquaintances of her father--including a potter and poet, an old lady friend, his housekeeper and chauffeur--whose interactions help her to slowly begin to accept a part of herself that she has never before acknowledged. As the reading of the will gets closer, Rose's father finally, posthumously, opens his heart to his daughter, offering her a poignant understanding of his love and a way to accept all she has lost.
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BarbaraBB
BarbaraBB
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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This book touched my heart. Rose loses her unknown Japanese father and travels to Kyoto for his last will. She discovers the country, its culture and its people and all of this offers her the most beautiful way to mourn the father she never met. Thank you Cassie for bringing it to my attention! 🌹 🇯🇵

#FoodAndLit #Japan

tagged users iconTexreader, Addison_Reads, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger
Soubhiville Sounds good. @alysonimagines have you heard of this? Sounds like something you‘d be interested in. 2y
Addison_Reads Love the background photo! And I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. 💚 2y
vivastory I love Barbery 2y
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Graywacke Sounds good…but that picture! 2y
Catsandbooks Gorgeous view! Glad you liked the book 2y
Suet624 Love the photo! 2y
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Addison_Reads
Addison_Reads
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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This one's a soft pick for me.

A woman loses her father and travels to Japan. There's so much in this one about grief and the temples and gardens were described with such beautiful imagery that I felt like I was walking through them.

My only complaint is that because it was short some parts of the story felt rushed.

Overall, it was a heartfelt read and I love Barbery's writing style.

BarbaraBB Bought it right after reading your review! 2y
Addison_Reads @BarbaraBB I hope you enjoy it. I've only read one other by her and its still one of my favorites.
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BarbaraBB I read that one too. It‘s not one of my favorites but I LOVE Japan and I just lost my father so it feels like the right book at the right time 🤍 (edited) 2y
Addison_Reads @BarbaraBB Having never travelled outside the US, I love books that can transport me to somewhere I may never see in person. I'm sorry to hear about your loss and I hope this book helps bring you peace. 💚 2y
BarbaraBB ❤️ 2y
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Twocougs
Twocougs
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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Pickpick

Beautiful story written in Barbery‘s unique style. Heartbreaking yet joyful.

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kspenmoll
kspenmoll
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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#bookstack #libraryhaul #lovelibraries

Returned some library books so of course I had to get more!!

TheBookHippie This is the rule no? 2y
Nutmegnc The tagged book looks interesting. Have you started it yet? I LOVED her
[tagged book]The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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kspenmoll @Nutmegnc I picked it up from the new book section. I had no idea the author had published another book. It‘s slim so hopefully I can read it soon. It intrigued me. 2y
kspenmoll @TheBookHippie Yes to the rule. 😂😂 2y
LiteraryinLawrence I had no idea Barbery had a new book! 2y
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Simona
Simona
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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Mehso-so

The only thing that worked for me in this book is writing - at the level of sentences … everything else is too predictable and too pathetic.
#booked2022 #YourOwnPrompt - disappointment
#19822022 #2021

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Cinfhen Hahaha 🤣 I love the category you created xx 2y
Librarybelle I second @Cinfhen ! 😂 2y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I think we are going to find some great ideas for next year‘s prompts in this year‘s “make your own” prompt, @Cinfhen ! 🤣🤣 2y
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Cinfhen Agreed @BarbaraTheBibliophage ♥️🎉😊 2y
Simona @Cinfhen @Librarybelle @BarbaraTheBibliophage The MC is disappointed in life, I was disappointed with the story … the only appropriate conclusion for make my own prompt🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y
Cinfhen Such a pretty photo 😻 2y
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lauraisntwilder
lauraisntwilder
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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My first read of 2022 (pictured here with all the books my husband gave me for Christmas and my birthday, which was last week). I enjoyed the atmospheric descriptions of Kyoto's temples. Made me want to go there even more!

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BookishTrish
BookishTrish
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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Rose travels to Kyoto for the reading of her fathers will. She didn‘t know her father. Paul, who was close to her father, takes Rose on a tour of the gardens of Kyoto and in doing so they both open up to new possibilities. There was something very beautiful about this book - even if I didn‘t always feel like I ‘got‘ every nuance. Thanks again @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego

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BookishTrish
BookishTrish
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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This is a question I‘ve been grappling with. It‘s so satisfying to see it articulated so matter of factly on the page. #grief #mourning

keithmalek That is a fascinating question! For me, it's mourning what I've never had. 2y
wanderinglynn What a great question. For me, it‘s what I‘ve lost. People, beloved pets, times past. Because who‘s to say when I might get something I‘ve never had. Plus, I don‘t know if what I‘ve never had would be better, so I‘m not sure I can mourn the unknown. 2y
BookishTrish @keithmalek @wanderinglynn Im glad you‘re drawn in by the question too. I lost my father this year - but we‘ve been estranged for years and I think I mourn both some days… 2y
keithmalek @BookishTrish I'm sorry to hear that. 2y
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BookishTrish
BookishTrish
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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Evening reading view #birthdayhaul

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BookishTrish
BookishTrish
A Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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Thank you thank you thank you @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego for this thoughtful #jolabokaflodswap everything is perfectly delightful and so appreciated xo

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BookishTrish Also lavender chocolate is *chef‘s kiss* 2y
Lizpixie I LOVE lavender chocolate! My favourite chocolatier, Josophans in Leura in the Blue Mountains, does a lavender & wild honey truffle that‘s to die for. Merry Xmas to you & yours!🎄🎉❤️💚❤️💚 2y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Glad you liked it. ❤️💚 2y
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Sapphire
Sapphire
Single Rose | Muriel Barbery

This pendulum swing between the candor of happiness and the cruelty of desire was life itself.

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Sapphire
Sapphire
Single Rose | Muriel Barbery
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Now this sounds fascinating! Another favorite author and this slim volume is only 148 pages so this must be fast moving to touch on all that.

Lcsmcat Stacked! 3y
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