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Before the War
Before the War | Fay Weldon
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1922. Vivien is twenty-four and a spinster. She wears fashionably droopy clothes, but she is plain and?almost worse?intelligent. At nearly six feet tall, she is known unkindly by her family as the giantess.
Fortunately, Vivien is rich, so she can travel to London and bribe a charismatic gentleman publisher to marry her. What he does not know is that Vivien is pregnant with another mans child and will die in childbirth in just a few months...
Fay Weldon, with one eye on the present and one on the past, offers Viviens fate, along with that of London between World War I and World War II. This is a city fizzing with change, full of flat-chested flappers, shell-shocked soldiers, and aristocrats clinging onto the past.
Inventive, warm, playful, and full of Weldons trademark ironic edge, Before the War is a spellbinding novel from one of the best writers of our time.
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MrBook
Before the War | Fay Weldon
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#TBRtemptation post 4! Meet Vivien, November 1922. A 24-year-old plainly-dressed six-foot-tall spinster. She's rich, so she travels to London and bribes a charismatic publisher to marry her. Her secret: she's five months pregnant and will die during childbirth. Enter a rain-soaked city of flappers, aristocrats, and shell-shocked vets. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

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CGeorge
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I loved the narrator's voice. Totally made the read worth it.

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Beckys_Books
Before the War | Fay Weldon
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A uniqe writing style - smart, snarky, and sarcastic. Just like I like my friends!

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Beckys_Books
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I had about 30 minutes of reading time this week, and that's only because I read during the 6 minutes it took me to blow dry my hair each morning. Catching a few more pages waiting for Guardians to start.

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Beckys_Books
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Momentarily set my book aside to watch the end of the NASCAR race at Talladega.

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Beckys_Books
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Goodness does this quote hit home.

mjdowens WOW! Feels like reliving my daughters teenage years all over again😖 7y
KimM Wish I could like this 50 times 7y
Beckys_Books @mjdowens @KimM this is every day of my life right now. Approximately 460 days until Baby Girl goes to college. Not that I'm counting. 😉 7y
KimM Been there @Beckys_Books . It gets better after the first year of college. 7y
mjdowens @Beckys_Books Yes, it does get better. They actually become human 😂😂. My daughter has graduated from college and pregnant with her own daughter.....which just makes me giggle...she has no idea😂😂 7y
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Beckys_Books
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Finally a sunny weekend to enjoy the lake. Have a book in hand and beer in the cooler. Life is complete!

LauraBeth Beautiful - enjoy! 7y
Erinreadsthebooks Yessss!!!! Books and beer! 🙌🏼🎉 7y
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MadCatRamble
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I love Fay Weldon, so I was really excited about this release back in March. Objectively speaking, it's got all the wry, sly satire she's so good at. Unfortunately, I'm just not in the right place for this read right now. I'm sure I'll try it again at some point. Right now, my eyes keep glossing the prose. My brain just can't engage it.

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Beckys_Books
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Less than 30 pages in, but I'm loving this book. The author leads the reader through this story in a charming manner, giving away her story telling secrets. It's like the author typed her stream of conscious thought right into the plot. And the quote above had me chuckling.

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LibrarianRyan
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RanaElizabeth Ohh, that's a pretty cover. 8y
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