“Impoverished high school junior Hazel Smalls and privileged senior Sterling Lovell would never ordinarily meet. But when both are punished with in-school suspension, Sterling finds himself drawn to the gorgeous, studious girl seated nearby, and an unlikely relationship begins.“
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pickI spent last weekend in Vermont, where I had the luxury of looking up towards the mountains and then back down to the southern lowlands of Pat Conroy‘s magnificent prose at my leisure. What a life! ♥️📚🍁
*The view was spectacular and the book was many, many stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Catching up from yesterday, this haiku is inspired by the exuberantly golden sunset I saw driving home one evening this week. 🌅
Golden Respite
In a burst of gold
The sun takes its daily rest
Ready for nightfall
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pickA memoir of Conroy's time teaching at a small school on Yamacraw Island in 1969. A desegregation coming-of-age story of sorts for him. It was interesting to see the origins of characters that appeared in his later books.
69/80
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"The southern school superintendent is a kind of remote deity who breathes the purer air of Mount Parnassus."
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pickAnother sweeping masterpiece by Pat Conroy. After his wife‘s suicide Jack leaves the US with his daughter to heal in Italy. South Carolina finds him though and carries him back. This almost 1,000 page book covered everything from WWII to the Vietnam War and beyond. #192025 (1995) #ReadingUSA (South Carolina)
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It's been on my want to reads list for years and decided to see if Libby had it since I hadn't been lucky enough to find it at any used places. They do have it, so I'm looking forward to reading this, especially since my last book The Other Typist was a bummer
Here‘s another page from my #WeekInTheLife project. I documented my plane read and adult beverage which mean I‘m officially on vacation. 😊
(Photos from June) I used stamps, stickers, and the cell phone is punched out of a catalogue.
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