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One Woman Show
One Woman Show: A Novel | Christine Coulson
4 posts | 5 read | 5 to read
"From a writer who spent twenty-five years working at The Metropolitan Museum of Art comes a sly and stylish novel - remarkably told through museum wall labels - about a twentieth-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist"--
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Chelsea.Poole
One Woman Show: A Novel | Christine Coulson
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Mehso-so

A 1.5 hour audiobook, written in museum display format of a woman‘s lifetime. Kitty was originally from the collection of her parents but then transfers to her husbands‘ collections. This is repeated at the beginning of each chapter which makes it a tedious audiobook listen, so perhaps this would have been better in print. An original concept but not as impactful for me, likely due to the length and format.

TheKidUpstairs I'm so drawn to the concept of this one, but yours isn't the first so-so review I've seen. (I feel like it is something that could perhaps work best as a sort of novel-as-installation in an actual physical space) 4mo
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BkClubCare
One Woman Show: A Novel | Christine Coulson
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Pickpick

Loved this even if it took a few pages to get the rhythm. Very clever in a good way, quite funny too. Definitely recommend if you love art museums, WASPy culture, and quirky styles of novels. 👏
(Also a terrific option to read to up your book count 🤣)

#DogsofLitsy #EstherBester #OldGirl #WhPG #Griff4short

dabbe What a face! 🖤🐾🖤 5mo
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Sapphire
One Woman Show: A Novel | Christine Coulson
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Mehso-so

Clever format. Read in an afternoon.

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kbuggle
One Woman Show: A Novel | Christine Coulson
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Pickpick

A really short & clever read, Coulson‘s whole novel is formed by wall labels found within a museum and ‘revolves around the life of Kitty Whitaker as she is defined by her potential for display and moved from collection to collection through multiple marriages‘

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