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Beth’s favorite books

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor Kindred by Octavia E. Butler The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Victim by Gary Kinder Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson The Stand by Stephen King The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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Beth’s Quotes

Sarah Manguso
“I’d thought the marriage would improve, somehow, if I just improved myself. If I could sufficiently better myself, the fumes of my betterment would form a medicinal cloud that would surround and improve my husband.”
― Sarah Manguso, Liars
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“I floated face down in housewifery.”
― Sarah Manguso, Liars
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“And so it goes...”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
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“I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing.”
― Sarah Manguso, Liars
tags: divorce, domesticity, marriage
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