While this wasn‘t a bad book, it wasn‘t nearly as good as When We Believed in Mermaids by the same author. I doubt that this one will stick with me.
While this wasn‘t a bad book, it wasn‘t nearly as good as When We Believed in Mermaids by the same author. I doubt that this one will stick with me.
Strout‘s debut novel about a mother and a daughter, and their relationship. Amy is 16 and just starting life. Isabelle is a single parent, working as a secretary at the factory, trying to get by. It‘s the warmest summer in memory and things are about to change.
I enjoyed it in the end. Would have enjoyed it more if I'd not been in a bit of a reading slump
A story of a woman‘s acting and dating past, enfolded in the story of her current family life during the togetherness of the early COVID months
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Super heavy on the introspection. But I think I gained something from reading it.