pickThis book will stay with me for a while. Knowing the authors background and that she died the year this was published made this a thoughtful read for me. A story about relationships, living and dying and more. I loved it. I‘ve read a couple of her books now and loved them all. A talent lost too soon.
#StaycationinTime
Hubby picked up two boxes from the post office today and I think both are for the swap. So excited!
Thanks @forestandcrow ❤️
@Chrissyreadit @DinoMom
Scores from my building‘s book swap last Friday night after a disastrous ballet performance where my classical group created chaos on stage.
In true summer fashion I could not narrow down just 14 books for the #14Books14Weeks challenge so I made several editions and am just hoping I‘ll get to all 42 books. 😬 Here is #LibraryEdition
pickThe book's title is suggestive of the half life the narrator lives, bound by an obsessional love to an older man utterly unworthy of her devotion, & trapped by the hypocritical mores of patriarchal religious values.
80 years since publication, Nedreaas's exploration of "pro-life" misogynistic shaming of pregnancy & abortion that also punishes unmarried mothers and stigmatises and willfully neglects their children is, sadly, still relevant. ⬇️
“If you can smile today, maybe you can laugh tomorrow.”
This thought of the main character sounds hopeful - it is hopeful - I fear it is likely to be unfulfilled.
While reading I'm listening to Norwegian composer/pianist Ketil Bjørnstad's album "The Nest", which hits the right note of melancholy and light ??
#BooksAndMusic
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#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude
The episode in Nedreaas's "Nothing Grows by Moonlight" where the unnamed narrator recalls the day she left home to escape a stultifying life for the self-deluding fantasy of a happy life with a lover who insists on the secrecy of their assignations, while not entirely matching the lyrics of "She's Leaving Home", is close enough that the one reminded me of the other. And any excuse to listen to this song is a good one ?
“The world has been built crookedly with some kind of arrangement that makes lots of people into hunted animals and a few people so swimmingly well off they can't understand why everybody else isn't happy for them and willing to be beaten to death for their purpose.”
