pickThis was really really enjoyable… the narrator is pompous and inherently unlikeable but this actually just made it more darkly comic. Really depressing that it was written so long ago and yet the pessimistic views on human nature will hold true!
I was out of town this past weekend and (naturally) found a secondhand bookshop. Lo and behold, I found two #PersephoneBooks that look unread and still have their matching bookmarks.
The truly amazing thing is that I own about 75 Persephone books BUT NOT THESE TWO. 😆
pickThis #persephoneclub read was astonishing. SO ahead if its time! A brilliant portrayal of a 1920s family where ‘home-maker‘ is flipped on its head with father taking the role on. The result = previously unhappy parents finding utter fulfillment in the role reversal. Absolutely beautifully written showing so many viewpoints (even Stephen!) of their now flourishing family life. Imagine the sadness/bitterness if they continued as they were!
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Another sad #BookReport. I really need to stop seeing people and doing stuff and spend more time reading instead 😆
Thought some of you might be interested in this article about Dorothy Canfield Fisher and The Home-Maker. (Perri Klass is also a #BetsyTacy fan.)
https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-author-who-brought-the-montessor...
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I have received a gorgeous #persephone edition of this book… and I have no idea why or who sent it!
I‘d like to thank you properly but I have no idea who to thank for it! Please let me know when you are the sender of this wonderful gift 🤍🤍
pick#persephoneclub finished last night , I really enjoyed it , moments of utter sadness and simple misunderstandings, I can see how it would have been radical for the time . Out of the 3 persephones I‘d rate this as no3 , no 1 being highwages - Dorothy Whipple is a genius a lot of authors compared to Austen she is the real deal I think , and no2 to bed with grand music the other also wrote little boy lost which is equally a great read.what‘s next ?😊
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Another persephone winner 🏆 loving 🥰 it and loving the ambience scenes on YouTube perfect back ground reading
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pickThe Blank Wall. I loved this one ( wish I had the Persephone edition hmmmm 🤔 I might treat myself ❤️) Lucia Holley is up against it, with serious family troubles.. She is amazing. I felt the whole book was like a dream , like it couldn‘t be real ( I‘d say that‘s how Lucia felt ). Would anyone recommend another by this author?!
Best. Description. Ever.
Oh, bebe Stephen you are a big little character!
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