The Watch That Ends the Night

The Watch That Ends the Night | Hugh MacLennan

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rabbitprincess

The Watch That Ends the Night | Hugh MacLennan

A deeply personal novel with a heart-rending #LoveMeDo story. One of my favourites.
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tournevis MacLennan. So sad he's largely forgotten, aside for the phrase "two solitudes". Damn. 7y

rabbitprincess @tournevis True story: the New Canadian Library didn't reprint his novel "The Precipice" until AFTER I had gone all the way to Victoria to buy a used copy ? Annoying! They should reprint his essays, too. I actually like them better than his Anglo/Franco novels. 7y

tournevis @rabbitprincess I agree, actually. I've used them in class. 7y

Lcsmcat Sounds interesting - stacked! 7y

rabbitprincess @tournevis My favourite one at the moment is the one where he tells how his dad accidentally blew up their house š¬ @Lcsmcat Hope you like it! 7y

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Ruthiella

The Watch That Ends the Night | Hugh MacLennan

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This classic of Can-Lit is possibly the saddest story love story I have yet read
#ReadingResolutions @Jess7 #photochallenge

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rabbitprincess

The Watch That Ends the Night | Hugh MacLennan

There's no simple explanation / For anything important any of us do / And yeah the human tragedy / Consists in the necessity / Of living with the consequences / Under pressure / Under pressure...

(Photo of Gord Downie on the Tragically Hip's final tour, which ends tonight in Kingston, from the Vancouver Province)

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shawnmooney

The Watch That Ends the Night | Hugh MacLennan

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rabbitprincess My mum has that edition too! š 8y

SusanInTiburon This cover looks like it could be one of the Madeline series! 8y

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rabbitprincess

The Watch That Ends the Night | Hugh MacLennan

One of my favourite books of all time. Every time I read it, I want to hop on a train to Montreal. Cover art is Stairway (1942), by Marian Mildred Dale Scott.

shawnmooney I loved it but I was a teenager when I read it. Time for a re-read! 8y

rabbitprincess Time for a reread for me too! Never mind that I have several other books of his to read for the first time, including Two Solitudes š

Two Solitudes

LauraBrook I've never heard of this book, or the author, will have to remedy soon! Thanks for the BB! 8y

rabbitprincess @LauraBrook Glad to bring him to your attention! Another major book of his is Barometer Rising, set in Halifax during the Halifax Explosion.

Barometer Rising

LauraBrook @rabbitprincess Excellent, they're on my TBR! š“ 8y

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