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This was my #doublespin for October. While I love the premise of a depression posing as a big black dog coming to live with you and being generally very suffocating I didn't really care about the story. I discovered I was a bit bored and that it led to me not picking up the book when I could. I decided to not read on and leave the story 100 pages in. Oh well.
TBR since April 5th. 2011; 244 pages.
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Back to the Lakes for Christmas, fizz is compulsory on the train home...

I am well behind on the #mhroundrobin reads but am aiming to get a couple of them in the post to @TCLinrow before the year is out!
Enjoying this one picked by @Libby1 about Churchill's struggles with depression

This book was close to perfect for me.

Winston Churchill. 1960s England. A gigantic, grotesque dog that brings to mind the evil cat in The Master and Margarita.

There were a few flaws. The characters at times seemed terribly unreserved for their time and place & it was at times overwrought. But this creative take on depression and its impacts rang true.

I hope others in the #MHRoundRobin will enjoy this as much as I did.

Received this today for #mhroundrobin. Thank you @Libby1 for the extra book & sweets, so kind 😘 I‘m intrigued to start this one.

Now I have some #BookMail to send!

Does anyone else have an address book just for Littens?

One of the parcels is for you, @youneverarrived for the #MentalHealthRoundRobin organised by @daydreamin_star .

I hope you‘ll enjoy Mr. Chartwell!

What an opening paragraph:

“... his mind putting out analytical fingers and then coming at the day in a fist, ready for it.”

Short book set in the 1960s - a young widow is visited by a potential lodger who calls himself Mr Chartwell. Her only reservation in taking him in is that he's a large black labrador retriever. Winston Churchill has his own history with the black dog, too. The author takes the metaphor of depression as a black dog to the ultimate level. Good story - recommended!