JacquiWine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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For #TranslationThurs, thoughts on WHEREABOUTS by Jhumpa Lahiri (tr. by the author), a beautiful meditation on solitude, isolation and privacy. I’d love to see this on the #InternationalBooker longlist. https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2021/09/19/whereabouts-by-jhumpa-lahiri-tr-by-the-author/ #JhumpaLahiri #Whereabouts #ReadWomen https://t.co/yC3VHRekCi

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'Mum had taken it very hard that I hadn’t come back to Dad’s sickbed, to Dad’s funeral, it had nearly killed her, it said, and in a way, I had killed her symbolically, that was how they phrased it, as far as I recall…' https://t.co/MTkFBTwcyk https://t.co/c1vqpFpBqO

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If you're looking for some unsettling reading for #Halloween, I can thoroughly recommend Shirley Jackson's DARK TALES, an unnerving collection of stories exploring confinement, entrapment and the darkness beneath the superficial veneer of suburban society. https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/dark-tales-by-shirley-jackson/ https://t.co/OESlSplMnY

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'Often I imagine that living is a game of rock-paper-scissors: fate beats hope, hope beats ignorance, and ignorance beats fate. Or [...] the fatalistic attracts the hopeful, the hopeful attracts the ignorant, and the ignorant, the fatalistic.' https://t.co/sCUTu1rKkk https://t.co/IHodv49rYs

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For the release of Colm Bairead’s film THE QUIET GIRL, my thoughts on the source novella, Claire Keegan’s FOSTER, a story I adored. If you liked Keegan’s SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, chances are you’ll love this too! https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2022/04/13/foster-by-claire-keegan/ #TheQuietGirl #Foster #ClaireKeegan https://t.co/jFseQ98csT

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From the archive for Katherine Mansfield, #BornOnThisDay in 1888, thoughts on THE GARDEN PARTY. There is a beautiful fluidity of emotion in these stories as they move seamlessly from happiness and gaiety to sadness and loneliness in the blink of an eye. https://t.co/DzVUHQ7tKZ https://t.co/3Dvu62xUXQ

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‘(The) trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well.’ https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/passing-by-nella-larsen/ #Passing #NellaLarsen https://t.co/YJBCH36XNF

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A new blog post: My thoughts on THE CONSTANT NYMPH by Margaret Kennedy, a very fine novel by a sadly neglected writer. With thanks to the marvellous @BacklistedPod for encouraging me to read it! https://t.co/qG4BaSBjH8 #TuesdayBookBlog #Tuesdayblogshare @ViragoBooks https://t.co/BMqYWTbp2S

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"Your romantic relationships are short-lived because a rolling stone catches no moss. It’s hard, it’s grueling, it’s up and down. I had a lot of injuries. I could’ve been paralyzed real easy. The doctors stressed that to me—it wouldn’t take much." https://t.co/J2Wv6Ugxw7 https://t.co/POpjn9u8qo

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New blog post! My thoughts on NOMADLAND by Jessica Bruder, the eye-opening book behind Chloe Zhao’s award-winning film. Absolutely worth reading for its in-depth view of ‘wheel estate’ life. https://t.co/PxDjtOMuqm #Nomadland #ReadWomen @_SwiftPress https://t.co/rcooy89gvO

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