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Book removal & haul! Have tagged the only one I bought - the others were a gift, removal from @squirrelbrain's home, and blind date!
pickMy final book at #Gladstones25 was another good one. It felt so personal and relatable. It is about a woman struggling with mothering 2 young kids. She misses working and being a woman. I could very much relate to that (even though I always kept working) but then the story turned to her father dying and I could relate even more. Ugly tears at the airport , waiting for my flight home. This book might not be for everyone but it certainly was for me
pickThis is a very strange Japanese book again. About a shy girl, hired by a museum to talk Latin to an old statue of Venus on days the museum is closed. It‘s a book about art and raincoats, loneliness and living in Japan, and, between the lines, child abuse. It‘s funny and challenging. Thanks for the gift, @TrishB 💕
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Met my spirit animal this morning.
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“Ivona and Vlato meet as students at the turn of the millennium in Zagreb. Everything smells of freedom and possibility. Red Hot Chili Peppers are pumping through the speakers of a bar and cheap beer is overflowing; newly democratic Croatia is alive with hope and promise.”
With a blurb like this, my expectations were high and I am happy to say I loved this book.⬇️
📸 Room with a view at #Gladstones25
pickAn Austrian housewife, estranged from her husband and kids, keeps herself busy by tidying the house. One day, she receives her own diary entries from 20 years earlier, sent anonymously by mail.
These entries transport her back to a time away from her family, and the reader gradually learns more about why. But this is Marlen Haushofer, the author of the enigmatic The Wall—and this book is just as mysterious. Perhaps even more so.
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