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Must Confess, Arty People Are Not My Tribe.

Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley

June 29, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Told alternately in the present and the past, Late in the Day follows the lives of two arty and fairly wealthy London couples, Alex and Christine, and Zachary and Lydia.  The quartet turns into a trio in no time with the sudden death of Zachary from a heart attack.  Christine is a fairly well-known artist, and her husband Alex a primary school headmaster, having given up an earlier attempt to become a writer.  Lydia has been Christine’s closest friend from their childhood days, and Zach […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Domestic drama, London art scene, past and present, Tessa Hadley, Who are these people?

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Domestic drama, London art scene, past and present, Tessa Hadley, Who are these people? ·
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a woman stands in a darkened room illuminated by a light coming in through a doorway. she is wearing a head scarf and dress. there is a window behind her.

Helpmeet: the little book of surrealistic body horror

Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum

April 13, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

mood music: Me and My Husband – mitksi At a cool 94 pages, Helpmeet was a quick read. Still, in even such a short novella it packs a punch with detailed descriptions of body disfigurement and decay as we follow the complex marriage of a couple living in 1900s New York City. We are introduced to Louise Wilk, a former nurse, as she is packing up the final items of her home in preparation for her move to her husband’s childhood home in Buffalo, New York. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: body horror, Domestic drama, Naben Ruthnum, period piece

donttrustthe_bea's CBR16 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: body horror, Domestic drama, Naben Ruthnum, period piece ·
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Sometimes A Book Stays With You

April 26, 2018 by Ale 1 Comment

I would never have picked this book up on my own, and as much as it’s an emotional roller coaster, I’m actually very happy my book club decided to read this. On a craft level, this book is incredibly accessible. I blew through it in two days, and literally thought about the characters every minute I wasn’t reading. It’s emotional, painful, with moments of brilliant love, and at its core, it’s the story of humans enduring the worst and still pressing on. A Thousand Splendid […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a thousand splendid suns, Afghan wars, Domestic drama, Khaled Houssini, Women's rights

Ale's CBR10 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a thousand splendid suns, Afghan wars, Domestic drama, Khaled Houssini, Women's rights ·
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