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People I Wanted to be
People I Wanted to be | Gina Ochsner
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A collection of short stories introduces the tale of a funeral home owned by Hungarian immigrants who hope to hand over the business to their twin daughters, a husband who hopes a talking bird will re-energize a failing marriage, and others.
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lauraisntwilder
People I Wanted to be | Gina Ochsner
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Most of my books have been in storage since May 2018 (when I sold my bookstore) & I just got them all moved into our house in June. I own so many books. I've read a lot of them, but there's a lot that I've owned so long without reading that I no longer remember when I got them or what attracted me to them. I'm hoping to slowly make my way through them. Sometimes I'm lucky & there's a bookmark inside, like a guide post urging me to remember.

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Libby1
People I Wanted to be | Gina Ochsner
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This IS the best book of short stories I've ever read. It is.

Weird, wonderful, grief-laden, joy-splitting, slightly Kafkaesque (especially, appropriately, one story set in Prague).

The writing is so beautiful I trusted the author implicitly.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds excellent! 8y
Libby1 It is weird and wonderful and weirdly wonderful, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa ! 8y
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Libby1
People I Wanted to be | Gina Ochsner
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So far, this is the best book of short stories I've ever read.

Also, I love this cover.

Bluzygrl I just bought this book. 8y
JillR That cover is 😍 8y
Libby1 I hope you like it as much as I did, @Bluzygrl . It was ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me. 8y
Libby1 I adore the cover, too, @JillR . 😍 8y
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Libby1
People I Wanted to be | Gina Ochsner
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"That Imogene can remember the lesson, as drunk as she is, is a tribute to Sister Clement's matchless teaching technique:

Fear + Shame + Humiliation = Total Recall."

JazzFeathers Hey, you're reading on te train too 😄 8y
Libby1 Where were you going, @JazzFeathers ? I was going to a small city in Northern Ireland called Newry. 😃 8y
JazzFeathers @Libby1 l posted yesterday on the train home from work. I do a lot of my reading on the train 8y
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