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5 journalers for this copy...
I was really disappopinted with this as I had enjoyed The Stone Diaries. I preferred it when they serialised it on Radio 4 but they may be because it was abridged!!
Will take to Leeds meet-up tonight.
Will take to Leeds meet-up tonight.
Journal Entry 2 by Vroomfondel from Shipley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Nobody wanted this book at the Leeds Bookcrossing Meetup :(
So, I've swiped it to take it to the Bookcrossing UK Yahoo! Group meet in Nottingham on 25 September.
So, I've swiped it to take it to the Bookcrossing UK Yahoo! Group meet in Nottingham on 25 September.
Journal Entry 3 by tiggsybabes from Pontefract, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, September 26, 2004
This somehow leapt into my bag at the Notts meet :)
Journal Entry 4 by tiggsybabes from Pontefract, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, June 24, 2005
I now have my own copy, so will release this at the Unconvention :)
Journal Entry 5 by ITgirl0x01 from -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, July 3, 2005
caught at Unconvention - I read a couple of other Shields several years ago so hope to enjoy this too
Caught at the meetup. I have read some Carol Shields before, and enjoyed it, as I did this one, albeit somewhat lukewarmly. She's good at creating interesting situations that grab your interest right away - woman writer's 20 year old daughter, beautiful, brilliant, everything going for her, has given up college to sit on a street corner, begging, and holding a sign reading "GOODNESS". Why?
One of the themes is whether women writers can/do write big, important literature, and whether they would be taken seriously by male critics etc.
Interesting, well-written, funny and sad, though occasionally it did feel a bit, well, ladylike...a bit...minor.
One of the themes is whether women writers can/do write big, important literature, and whether they would be taken seriously by male critics etc.
Interesting, well-written, funny and sad, though occasionally it did feel a bit, well, ladylike...a bit...minor.