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Lily Tuck
Birth date: October 10, 1938
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M Sarki
M Sarki rated it 7 years ago
https://msarki.tumblr.com/post/168850911423/i-married-you-for-happiness-by-lily-tuckPhillip is dead. By holding his gradually cooling hand, Nina, for one entire night, remembers the defining moments of their long life together as husband and wife. Private intimacies, dark secrets, and overwhelming ...
M Sarki
M Sarki rated it 8 years ago
I made it a third of the way through before throwing in the towel. Remarkable, it being my third try at reading this book. It will be my last attempt to connect with Lily Tuck at least on this level. She cannot reach me, nor can I reach her, with this offering of hers made under the tutelage and cha...
M Sarki
M Sarki rated it 8 years ago
https://msarki.tumblr.com/post/158752768133/sisters-by-lily-tuckThe remarkable flow of this fascinating short novel is mesmerizing. A difficult proposition if forced to put it down, and rare in the book-reading business. A writer who knows words and what they do, who thinks about the many question...
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it 9 years ago
I received this book from Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.This book was a bit difficult for me to really get into. Tuck builds the novel around fact and fiction, toying with the idea of autobiographical texts and demonstrating the deconstruction that occurs in all text, "it is impossible ...
EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it 10 years ago
“His hand is growing cold, still she holds it” is how this novel that tells the story of a marriage begins. The tale unfolds over a single night as Nina sits at the bedside of her husband, Philip, whose sudden and unexpected death is the reason for her lonely vigil. Still too shocked to grieve, she ...
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