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This is a hard book to read. Unlikeable characters, dealing with life and each other. Anita Brookner is such a good writer of characters, I felt like a fly on the wall, observing their lives closely, feeling their solitude and aging. Thanks for the recommendation Sarah 🤍

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I am looking forward to the tagged book thanks to @sarahbarnes recommendation but first I am a out to start Water, which @Megabooks loved. Penance will be a palette cleanser I think!

Another stunning Brookner that left me in awe. Her storytelling and character development are truly impeccable. I wanted to shake both Fay and Julia throughout the book but I also understood them so deeply. What a writer. ♥️

My 1st Brookner left me spellbound at the beauty of her writing, every word and sentence expresses so much about the frailties of the human experience. The story is abt 2 women, narrated by Fay who seems linked through her life to julia who she does not like but has to endure.julia draws people to her who she can then knock down while Fay looks on seeking to escape this woman but never seeming able to do so. Ill definitely read more by her.

Amazing is the word for this book. In less than 300 pages Fay perfectly conveys, in first person, her complex, conflictual, inexplicable adult life. Although supposedly a novel, her story is believable as any memoir I have read; I am thinking she continues to exist somewhere. Actually she does because there are many Fays that we may know. I have not even yet mentioned her odd relationship with Julia. Reading more Anita Brookner is a must for me.

I am going to miss Fay and her thoughts so much when this book ends. I can wait to hear what she is going to be into next as each chapter unfurls. I hope Brookner has other characters In her books whomI will love.

Whose brave? 👵🏽

Loving Anita Brookner‘ story and her writing.

She was not a very nice woman but neither am I.

( I have fallen for this book in 5 pages. 🤣)

This is my 2d Anita Brookner on Audible & I have another one ready to go. She is quoted as saying “I feel I could get myself into the Guinness book of records as the worlds loneliest, most miserable woman” narrated brilliantly by Anna Massey. I feel her characters as autobiographical & I love her books. Very beautiful writing and very honest. About lonely women , stiff upper lip , but we hear the thoughts beneath the facade. Love her writing ❤️

Audio is back ! The writing & the narrator are both stunning.... so insightful & enjoyable 👍🏻❤️

I‘ve gone very slow on the audio lately. I‘ll try this one - Brief Lives ... and maybe get a bit of housework done 😵🙄