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I teared up at literally the first line

“She wishes to lead me on… I must not get into a scrape with her”

Proceeds to get into a scape with her

Very interesting to see what naïve Anthea of 3 years ago underlines versus what weather beaten Anthea underlines now… how the turn tables

This is like rereading the Bible. Already 15 pages in she’s spitting bars -

“Many of us are more comfortable with the notion that love can mean anything to anyone precisely because when we define it with precision and clarity it brings us face to face with our lacks — with terrible alienation.”

Like woman needs to leaveeee. Girl you have a sister in Canada, GO.

After a Shirley Jackson interlude, we return to the life of Anne Lister

I shouldn’t be reading this at night

Anne Lister invented the lesbian situationship

This woman is convinced everyone is in love with her, what a voracious flirt

Let’s get this doneeee

This is atrocious but I also feel a pathological need to finish it

It’s nice reading a book set in Seattle but also… this is ridiculous.

They also go on like Enumclaw is the middle of bloody nowhere - it’s less than an hour from Seattle!!

Strange book to be reading on Easter Sunday

This book makes me relieved I left America

This has been a slog. It is just not for me

Suddenly this book has a Jeffrey Epstein subplot and an attempted domestic terrorism incident

This book is trying to be so #quirky and so #weirdgirl, the effort is off putting. Thank god it’s short