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Lillian on Life
Lillian on Life | Alison Jean Lester
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"I absolutely loved Lillian on Life." --Kate Atkinson "I found it full of life and full of wisdom." --Erica Jong Smart, poignant, funny, and totally original, Lillian on Life is as fresh and surprising as fiction gets. This is the story of Lillian, a single woman reflecting on her choices and imagining her future. Born in the Midwest in the 1930s; Lillian lives, loves, and works in Europe in the fifties and early sixties; she settles in New York and pursues the great love of her life in the sixties and seventies. Now it's the early nineties, and she's taking stock. Throughout her life, walking the unpaved road between traditional and modern choices for women, Lillian grapples with parental disappointment and societal expectations, wins and loses in love, and develops her own brand of wisdom. Lillian on Life lifts the skin off the beautiful, stylish product of an era to reveal the confused, hot-blooded woman underneath.
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rachelk
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Lillian is a smart, independent, sexually active woman over 50 looking to her future while reflecting on her life and loves this far. Chapters of the book are short, highly readable glimpses into her non-conventional lifestyle and choices. I‘m glad to have read this book; Lillian is a character that will stay with me.

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Unexpected surprise on this one. Such an unusual writing style that I did not think I would like it or be able to get into it but I enjoyed it! Short semi-disjointed chapters. Topics are tossed and tumbled throughout. Characters are memorable once you remember who she's talking about. Like I said, unusual read but I'm glad I read it!

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Lillian on Life | Alison Jean Lester
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Unexpected surprise on this one. Such an unusual writing style that I did not think I would like it or be able to get into it but I enjoyed it! Short semi-disjointed chapters. Topics are tossed and tumbled throughout. Characters are memorable once you remember who she's talking about. Like I said, unusual read but I'm glad I read it!