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To Bed with Grand Music
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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A short, hard-hitting 1946 novel, originally published under the pseudonym 'Sarah Russell', about sex in wartime London.
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LeahBergen
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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Okay, #PersephoneClub … here are my two choices for April. Vote away!

(Descriptive links in the comments ⬇️).

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jlhammar So hard to choose! I‘ll vote for 13mo
quietjenn Ah, good choices. I vote for Mr. Knight. 13mo
CarolynM I'm up for a bit of juicy scandal 13mo
elkeOriginal I gotta go Whipple with 13mo
LeahBergen @Aimeesue You can go ahead and post your two choices now for us to vote on for our October read! And don‘t forget to vote on the previous four months that are up for the vote right now. (I haven‘t checked if you‘ve done that yet 😆). 13mo
andrew61 This is difficult because little boy lost is in the voting list and I've already read that . So I'll go whipple. 13mo
LeahBergen ⭐️And the winner is They Knew Mr Knight with 6 votes!⭐️ 13mo
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Bookbuyingaddict
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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I really enjoyed this Deborah is perhaps one of the most annoying characters Iv ever read and a terrible mother ! Why do some women bother?I just don‘t know Anyway excellent short read but the ending !Would have been a 5star for me if it hadn‘t been such an abrupt ending not giving us any clue about the return of her husband and whether she jacked in her marriage and her child to Stay and party in London.Still highly recommend.Good old persephone

LeahBergen I have this one waiting on my shelves! 👍 2y
Bookbuyingaddict Hi 👋🏻 @LeahBergen you‘ll enjoy it but let me know what you think of the ending !! X. X x 2y
LeahBergen I will! 😊 2y
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Bookbuyingaddict
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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Way behind with February reading ! First off the book bingo list ! 😁#bookbingo #bookspin #februarybookbingo
@TheAromaofBooks
#persephonebooks
#persephoneno86

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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Bookbuyingaddict
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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#persephonebookshop beautiful bath #persephonebooks ❤️😍

LeahBergen I‘ve only been to the shop once, when it was still in London. I think I need to plan another trip to Bath! 2y
CarolynM @LeahBergen I have a fantasy that the #PersephoneClub will meet there one day🤩 2y
LeahBergen @CarolynM OMG. We must!! 2y
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elkeOriginal @LeahBergen @CarolynM You paying for the groups‘ plane tickets? 😉😆 2y
LeahBergen @elkeOriginal @CarolynM If money was no object, I SO WOULD. 🤣 2y
elkeOriginal @LeahBergen And if money was no object, we would clear the store out buying every last book! 2y
LeahBergen @elkeOriginal Indeed! 😆 2y
CarolynM @elkeOriginal @LeahBergen I did say it was a fantasy😆 2y
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JenniferP
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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This 1946 novels turns the idea of the loyal war wife on its head. Deborah sleeps with man after man while her husband is off at war and her toddler is in the countryside with a nanny. #persephone

BarbaraBB Quite a revolutionary theme! And I see The Home Maker, loved that one! 5y
RidgewayGirl I love those Persephone Editions! 5y
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JenniferP
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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One of my new Persephone books - my husband got me a 6 month subscription for Christmas! #persephone

BarbaraBB Such a thoughtful gift of your husband! 5y
LeahBergen Lovely! I ❤️ Persephone. 5y
batsy The best gift! ❤️ 5y
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LeahBergen
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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I have finally made the pilgrimage (and reined in my purchases to 3 books as I have soooo many other bookshops to hit and such a small suitcase 😆😆).

#PersephoneBooks

Tamra Super cute! 5y
Cinfhen Woohoo!!! Following in the Dargusch footsteps 🙌🏻 5y
Megabooks Look at you! Enjoy!! 5y
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shawnmooney Jealous! 😍🥰 5y
Leftcoastzen Wow!👏👏 5y
ValerieAndBooks Ooh!! Be sure to show all your haul 📚📚! 5y
saresmoore Ahhhh! Wonderful! Why, oh, why did you bring a small suitcase?! 5y
Andrea313 YESSSSSSSSS! What a dream! ❤️📚 5y
Melissa_J It‘s like the mothership has called you home 😊 5y
batsy Fantastic!! 😍😍 I can't wait to see your haul! 5y
emilyhaldi Woot!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 can't wait to see your haul 😍 5y
erzascarletbookgasm 👏😍Wonderful! 5y
Kalalalatja Exciting! 😍 5y
Hooked_on_books Why be constrained by a small suitcase when you can ship? 🤔😬 5y
Tanisha_A What a beautiful photograph! 😍 5y
Cathythoughts Look at you ! Aren‘t you only gorgeous 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Simona 😍😍😍 5y
Sarah83 💓💓💓💓 5y
BarbaraBB The ultimate pilgrimage, how cool! Show us your books please! And have fun 💜💜 5y
rubyslippersreads You showed remarkable restraint. 😊 5y
mrp27 Awesome!! 5y
youneverarrived Lovely photo 💙💙 5y
merelybookish Bookshopping! And looking super cute while doing it! 👍 5y
vivastory I was just thinking that I haven't seen you post recently, so it made me happy to see you have been away from Litsy for good reasons. Enjoy your trip! 5y
Reviewsbylola Only 3?!?! Good job! Love Persephone so much! 5y
quirkyreader Only 3. 🐸. I hope you requested to have some shipped home. 5y
Mdargusch 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
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Verity
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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I‘m going to be recommending this book for a long time. Deborah is a dreadful, terrible person, but it‘s so fun reading about her!

“But Deborah resisted all of Madeleine‘s suggestions for companionable evenings; if I once give in, she told herself, I‘m done for, certain in her own mind that even a sherry party or a game of bridge could have only one conclusion. She martyred herself till her very martyrdom became her excuse for her release.”

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Verity
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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Tonight‘s train home book: To Bed With Grand Music. This copy came from a friend - I should really check if she wants it back once I‘m done!

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AnnieD
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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Can't wait to dive into my Persephone book haul. If you have never read one of their books you are doing yourself a disservice. One of my favorite stores in London and they ship to the us! 🇬🇧🇺🇸📚

Reviewsbylola Yeah girl!!! Someday we'll go together. 8y
emilyhaldi Buy me some books already!! 📚 8y
Mdargusch I'm drooling. We need to go! 8y
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BooksForYears
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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#FunFridayPhoto - Luckily, the book I'm currently reading is sitting right beside me. I guess the aliens will get to watch me read about a young woman who sleeps her way around WW2 London. 🙄👾

#persephonebooks #winterofwomen17 #womenshistorymonth

Mdargusch I love Persephone books. 💗 8y
LeahBergen 💗💗 8y
Eyelit That teacup! 👍 (also - 💜 #persephonebooks) 8y
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Nebklvr Cool cup! 8y
Nerdfins Omg that teacup! I love tuxedo kitties. 8y
BooksForYears @Eyelit @Nebklvr @Nerdfins Thanks! It's supposed to be a replica of one of Dolores Umbridge's teacups from 8y
Nerdfins Okay now it went from cute to awesome! 8y
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BooksForYears
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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#MarchIntoReading Day 1 - March #TBR

After failing spectacularly at keeping with February's TBR, I'm giving it another go in March.

#WinterOfWomen17

valeriegeary Memoirs of a polar bear is such a strange one, but so beautiful too. 8y
Librariana I feel the same way about my February reading! 8y
chlobee This is an amazing stack of books 📚 8y
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BooksForYears @librariana I'm glad it wasn't just me! 8y
BooksForYears @chlobee I'm excited for them all! 8y
Reviewsbylola Jane Eye rocks! 8y
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MLRio
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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Laski's tale of a soldier's wife getting caught up in the whirlwind of glamour and extramarital romance in wartime London reads like Fitzgerald, but with the added bonus of having been written by a woman and therefore approaching everything from the underrepresented female perspective. Laski's writing is perceptive, uncompromising, and caustically funny. You may not like anyone in this book, but you will find them all utterly convincing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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MLRio
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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My first buy from Persephone Books and I am enjoying it so much! #bookstagram #womenwriters #persephonebooks

quirkyreader I am glad that you are enjoying it. Did you get it from the shop or online? 8y
MLRio @quirkyreader From the shop! Finally went after living in London for a year. 8y
quirkyreader I will make it there someday. Now I just have to settle with having an account with them. 🐸🐙 8y
MLRio @quirkyreader At least there's that! 8y
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MLRio
To Bed with Grand Music | Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell, Juliet Gardiner
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Can finally cross Persephone Books off the London bucket list!

Cinfhen Pretty picture 8y
MrBook Yes, very pretty. 8y
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