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Michelle de Kretser
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Modern Reader
Modern Reader rated it 8 years ago
The prose was absolutely beautiful. The book could have easily been boring if her choice of vocabulary wasn't so poetic. I felt the pains of loneliness Sophie suffered through, and the longing that Joseph endured despite the chaos surrounding him and the rest of France. Although the ending broke ...
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books!
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books! rated it 9 years ago
Short storyThis book is super small but I loved the cover so I gave it a go. I don't know what's happening in this book. It's kind of a ghost story and a story about a marriage that may be falling apart or may be intact because I couldn't tell at the end. And was there a threesome in this somehow? I...
It's a Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad World rated it 9 years ago
I have no plans to write a long review of this short story since there isn't much to say about it. I just finished it after reading it now and then turning a couple of weeks, with the thought back in my mind that "I can't give up on a novella, it's a short thing I can do it!", but honestly it's a st...
It's a Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad World rated it 9 years ago
I have no plans to write a long review of this short story since there isn't much to say about it. I just finished it after reading it now and then turning a couple of weeks, with the thought back in my mind that "I can't give up on a novella, it's a short thing I can do it!", but honestly it's a st...
fromfirstpagetolast
fromfirstpagetolast rated it 10 years ago
Frances has just moved to Sydney from Melbourne with her new husband Charlie. Bewildered by the changes in her life she seeks comfort walking her dog along the winding city streets, taking in the scenery. On her walks she comes across a woman through a fence. Is the woman all she seems and will the ...
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