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Georgia Scott

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Georgia Scott is an American poet and novelist from Boston. Educated in the USA and England, she is a former Fulbright and university professor who now writes full time. One of her first poetry readings was at a banned meeting of Solidarity in the 1980s. At one of her more recent readings, she tied up her London audience with red tape. A minimalist with a maximalist love for beaches, Mel Brooks, and baklava, Georgia currently lives in Gdansk, Poland.

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Georgia Scott Always? Always is for love. We sign our lives away with the word. Love always. Yours always. We promise, always, to be true. We give ourselves to one …moreAlways? Always is for love. We sign our lives away with the word. Love always. Yours always. We promise, always, to be true. We give ourselves to one another with the word on our tongues and brand it on our hearts. Writing is different.

I didn't always know the ending of American Girl: Memories That Made Me. There were alternate endings that I had in mind. I spent time with them. Some more intensely than others. They brought laughter and tears and gasps of the best kind. They were good each in their own way. Flaws, I can excuse. Even embrace. Perfection doesn't come into it. What I'm after is something else.

You know the bracelet with a catch so small it's hardly there? It makes a faint "click" when it's latched that you feel, more than hear. That's the ending which at first sight, like love, had me. My ending for American Girl: Memories That Made Me has that "click."


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Georgia Scott I told you. Never call someone's name to wake them because in dreams they will think it is God and they'll go before their time.…moreI told you. Never call someone's name to wake them because in dreams they will think it is God and they'll go before their time.(less)
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The Water Is Beautiful

A swim has repercussions which neither of them could have foreseen.

1995. The Baltic coast. Days are warm. The Cold War is done. What's a diplomat to do but learn the language, get a tan, and fall in love? Anthony Prentice, pronounced Antony, is tall, dark, handsome and smart except when it comes to mixing drinks. At a beach party, he invites a married woman for a swim not realizing until too late Read more of this blog post »
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Tender is the Night
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" David wrote: "Congrats on the book Georgia. I love that title and will look for it."

Thanks, David. Some titles take ages. This one came right away. Ag
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Beaches and books can be long or short. Either way, the best has something to take home. These are my three takeaways from this book.

"Discovery, as the term implies, is a change from ignorance to knowledge, and thus to either love or hate, on the par
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1. Would I sleep with Joe Lampton? Yes.

2. Could I love Joe Lampton? Yes.

3. Would I get hurt? Definitely, yes.

4. Can I relate to those who love him? For sure.

5. Even Susan? Even her.

6. Would they believe me if I warned them
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Georgia Scott and 47 other people liked Pia G.'s review of Nightmare in Berlin:
Nightmare in Berlin by Hans Fallada
"the war is over, yet the sun hasn't truly risen over berlin. what rises from the streets instead is a dusty silence emanating from the ruins of both stone and soul. fallada’s berlin reminds me of those post-war streets in rossellini’s germany year ze" Read more of this review »
Othello by William Shakespeare
"This is a peculiar play as far as its timeline goes. Like Romeo and Juliet, it feels like it should spread across weeks, but in reality - when you think about then the key scenes take place - it all happens over just a couple of days.

The language is" Read more of this review »
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"Writing is the nearest thing to giving birth. It takes madness to start, best when not drunk except with love."

A heart is the size of a fist, I'm told. If novels have them, this one packs a punch. I'm not pulling any when I say this is a hard read t
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Le Cid by Pierre Corneille
" Very timely, David. I watched the film "El Cid" just last week. I remembered a death scene from when I first saw it as a child. The romance went right ...more "
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Le Cid by Pierre Corneille
"A dilemma.

You are in a medieval court in Seville. You are the young woman Chimène. A handsome young nobleman Rodrigue is going to ask your father, who is a Comte for your hand in marriage. However the Comte loses a position for the king to Don Diègue" Read more of this review »
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
" Your first sentence says it all, William2. The pull has to be there. I haven't read this one yet but what you say is true for all good books. ...more "
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“Love is not a weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“Before there is science, there are stories to explain the world. They make it happier somehow.”
Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“Love is not weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“If you love others, life will of necessity be tragic, beautiful, but tragic.”
Graeme Rodaughan, A Subtle Agency

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
William Faulkner

“Touch has a memory.”
John Keats

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
William Wordsworth

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

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William Thank you for the friendship!

I am doing a deep dive on your reviews of books I have read, Thank you


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Alexw Thanks for sending me a friend request and you had me as soon as one of your influences was Mel Brooks.


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