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Life: An Exploded Diagram
Life: An Exploded Diagram | Mal Peet
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Can love survive a lifetime? When working-class Clem Ackroyd falls for Frankie Mortimer, the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy local landowner, he has no hope that it can. After all, the world teeters on the brink of war, and bombs could (…more)
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I ended up enjoying this a lot although words fail me a bit to describe why. Maybe it was being able to relate so closely to the descriptions of love and longing; he also has a gift to state some truth about a characters' life in a beautiful and startling way. Altogether, though, I wish the story was a bit less bleak!

CarolynM Great review. I find it difficult to articulate why I loved it so much too. The ending was pretty devastating 😢 2mo
MommyWantsToReadHerBook @CarolynM I know! I lt just ripped away my whole anticipation of some redemption for all the pain he'd been through 😢 2mo
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Book - Life:An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
Author - Alison Lurie
Film - There are so many great L films, I can't pick just one, so in alphabetical order: Lantana, Life is Sweet, Local Hero, Love and Other Catastrophes
Food - Lamingtons

#ManicMonday #LetterL

KarenUK Life is Sweet! 💕💕💕 6y
CarolynM @KarenUK My husband and I still talk about "prawn in strawberry jam" if we think a restaurant is pretentious and occasionally snarl "Fascist! Sexist!" 6y
KarenUK 😂😂 6y
JoScho Thanks for playing 💜 6y
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