I was lured away from my TBR #cheatingonmyTBR by the way @SavidgeReads rhapsodised about this book.
I‘m already very glad. “Early widowhood had forced her to weave a life from other people‘s remnants and she had baked and minded and knitted herself into a glow of indispensability” 🙌🙌
ElenaBaer “Rattling like a pebble in a life built for two” - what an interesting way to describe being a widow. 6y
Centique @ElenaBaer it is isn‘t it? It‘s from a child‘s POV and the 1970s. 6y
LeslieO Simon got me to read this one, too. Can't pass it up when he raves about a book. 6y
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tournevis And now I have the Borvil 1970s jingle stuck in my head! 🤦 6y
CarolynM See, that's detail as it should be used. I'm wading through masses of dull details in![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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11.22.63Centique @LeslieO he hasn‘t put me wrong yet! 6y
Centique @tournevis I haven‘t had Bovril but I‘m imagining it‘s like Milo or some sort of malty drink? 6y
Centique @CarolynM ouch! Hope it improves 🤞 6y
Reggie When one paragraph paints a whole portrait of a person. Stacked. 6y
Centique @Reggie I know right? I wish I could write like this! (Also I just emailed you 😊👍) 6y
tournevis @Centique No! Originally from Great Britain, but all over Cananda too. It's concentrated roast beef syrup. You use it to make bouillon but it was suggested as a fortifying drink. Ad here: https://youtu.be/b0z4hxENqW4 6y
Centique @tournevis oh wow! That‘s not what I was imagining at all 😂😂😂 6y
tournevis @Centique No one who hasn't had it cam truly imagine it, TBH 6y