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Lesley A. Hall
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Decluttering the Woodshed
This is a bit off my usual line (though 1930s middlebrow women writers are very me) .
A couple of weeks ago my local book group was discussing Stella Gibbons' 1934 classic Cold Comfort Farm (my suggestion) and I had a number of thoughts that I felt I might like to give a somewhat wider circulation.
For instance, the waypeople talk about Cold Comfort Farm as if it’s just a parody of anow obsolete and
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O dear. Someone has not been looking at medical historians' work on the big picture of general paralysis of the insane (neurosyphilis) I fear. This so
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“He said, 'I like to see some spirit in my women. I like spunk and the fire in the eye. A woman like that is worth having,' but that was before I kicked him in the groin.”
― Joy In Our Cause: Short Stories
― Joy In Our Cause: Short Stories
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Moira
Apr 25, 2012 01:45AM
....I may have just bought all of Joolz Denby's books, your fault
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I gave you props! :-) http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, seriously, that is awesome.