Amazingly enough, my IRL bookclub has picked a Persephone book for our current read (after 27 years together). And no, it WASN‘T my pick. 😆
I was going to ask you, @Centique , if you‘d read this classic New Zealand coming-of-age novel but I see you are the only other person to post about it on here! I‘m really enjoying it.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.25/5)
💛 Hauntingly beautiful, poetic writing
💛 Intriguing studies of isolation, identity, and alienation
💛 Some of the stories had a dystopian, “Twilight Zone“ kind of vibe that I dug
💛 Definitely one to come back to - additional readings will enhance the experience
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July was a slow month, only 8 finishes, Staying Home was my pick!
And my second month of completing the prompts 😀
so-soA woman lives as a recluse and eccentric in rural New Zealand. Sensing her emptiness, she meets a mute child and his troubled Māori foster father. This book won a whole slew of awards upon its first publishing in the early ‘80s by a small literary feminist collective. The author‘s language is beautiful, dancing between Māori, English, poetry, and prose. Warning: there are many instances of child abuse which may make this a grim read at times.
It‘s not my habit to buy new books because I get so many from the library and Lord only knows when I‘ll actually read these, but I‘m so happy to have them. Europa Editions rarely steers me wrong and I‘ve really liked Chidgey‘s work before so I‘m looking forward to it. And of course The God of the Woods has been getting lots of love lately. 💕💕💕
pick'A black comedy of manners' from the back cover blurb. This was a slow burn but well worth it.
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The parcel from James arrived three days before Christmas when the white roses in the front garden had finished flowering. 🌹 🥀
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so-soAbortion is illegal in New Zealand and clearly sex ed isn‘t the best, as 16 year old Charlie sits on a plane waiting to go to Australia for her abortion. But the plane is long delayed and her choices, which she doesn‘t truly understand, reverberate. Parts of this book were great, but it delved into COVID in a way that felt got it off track from the otherwise tight narrative. Ultimately, I found it uneven.
