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I love penelope lively + in this bk ,using the butterfly effect as the device, she starts with the mugging of Charlotte 77 who having brkn her hip moves in with her dtr rose,this act ripples thru the lives of Rose , her employer Henry, his niece Marion et al. A read which flows like a gentle stream. Plus noticed a nice baked brownie hence bk 2 of winter ✔

Loved this book! Such a unique concept and storyline. Thanks so much @EH2018 for the great pick 😊 #ecbc #eastcoastbookclub

“This is how children learn to read, why they do so. You reach them through stories, you lure them with story.”

“But who knows their own child? You know bits — certain predictable reactions, a handful of familiar qualities. The rest is impenetrable. And quite right too. You give birth to them. You do not design them.”

I rather enjoyed this fun tale of the many lives that can be impacted by one stranger‘s choice.

“She read to discover how not to be Charlotte, how to escape the prison of her own mind, how to expand, and experience.”

Friday night calls for a #bathandbook. 🥰🥰

Henry has a #lustforlife that is slowly being chipped away by the aging process.

I am only three chapters into this one, which is a #darguschfamilybookclub pick. @Mdargusch gave it five stars while @Meredith3 was not a fan. I‘m unsure yet of how I feel about it. #maymoviemagic

Would have been a pick for sure, but the terrible decision to include an omniscient narrator clumsily at the very beginning and very end (to explain the premise of the novel, as if I were too stupid to get it myself) completely ruined it for me. Nope.

Listened on audiobook. Enjoyed this novel showing the interconnections of several lives in London. Nicely narrated. #MountTBR

A mugging that spiders out touching more than just the mugger and the victim.

I have been told this is wonderful. Let‘s see...

This is my first Penelope Lively book and it won‘t be my last. I wanted to cut up and save so much of her writing.

This was my choice for our family mark up book club so 🤞🏼 the others like it as much as I did!

I was charmed by the characters and loved the butterfly effect where everything in the story happened because 77 year old Charlotte was mugged. The connections and coincidences had me turning the pages to see how it would end.

I struggle to rate this book so I will settle on just north of average with a 3.5.
The butterfly effect has been examined so many times but in this instance, it is the personal connections and disconnections that are examined from one, random incident.
One you get acquainted with the large cast of characters, the story moves along amusingly and surprisingly. The omniscient narrator adds a humorous touch to the story‘s proceedings.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

This must be the place!
A perfect peace.

The poison tree,
forbidden fruit,
divided lives ...

Nothing to envy Sapiens,
runaway!

#SpinePoetry #riotgrams

TOKYO BOOK-OFF HAUL #3 of 5

In the event that I read it, it'll be my first Lively.

We have all heard of the butterfly effect - the concept that small causes can have large effects. This is the premise of Lively's novel, "How It All Began". The cause begins with the first sentence of the book. The effects build gradually with several characters. I found the book enjoyable, but the characters only mildly held my interest.

@theladygreer is asking us to post our fav indie bookstore today with #independentseveryday. So, here is mine with the pic and tag from my very first Litsy post 7 months & close to 5000 litfluence points ago. Thank you Littens for this amazing bookish community! And, a big thanks to Flossie & her crew at UnionAve Bookstore in Knoxville, TN #getindie

I liked how one event caused a chain reaction for all of the characters. Happenstance is a character.

"She is as much a product of what she has read as of the way in which she has lived; she is like millions of others built by books, for whom books are an essential foodstuff, who could starve without." This is Charlotte. If you love books, you will love her. Let the feast begin!