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Book cover for The Old Filth Trilogy: Old Fifth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends

The Old Filth Trilogy: Old Fifth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends by Jane Gardam

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She saw her mother’s face, imprisoned in the emptiness of Empire and diplomacy.

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by John Williams

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“does so in such mild language that his people are free to hear what they want to hear. As for the beatings, the tarring and feathering, and the destruction of “heathen houses of devil-worship,” he has a simple answer: “Join us! Our doors are open to every nationality, every race! Leave your sinful past behind, and become one of us. Help us to make America great again.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

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“She saw her mother’s face, imprisoned in the emptiness of Empire and diplomacy.”
― Jane Gardam, The Old Filth Trilogy: Old Fifth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends

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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
― Albert Camus

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