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Hall, where are my war-time inspired recipe cards in the back of the book 😒

"Don't give me bollocks and tell me it's a delightful lychee salad" is one of my favorite Jennifer Hallet'isms

Anyway it's amazing what surprises a plot can have when you don't read the back cover blurb. Very much loving, in a melancholic way, the nonagenarian's post-wwii queer maybe-love story. Except the other woman is a huge bitch & I fear may get a redemption at the end that I dont think she deserves

I adore Doris and if anything happens to this 96 y/o woman, Alexis Hall you'll be hearing from me

"I wondered how many assholes it took to make a police department. They had been made braver and louder by the war. They had a swagger to them. Ten thousand men at the water cannons. Shoot the niggers. Club the radicals. Love it or leave it. Believe nothing unless you hear it from us."

Here ya go, Georgie!

Frothing at the mouth just fyi

No of course the commissioner of the NHL has never in his life played hockey

I literally read this 2 years ago, why am I shocked by this twist tf

I'm gunna ban irish authors for book club picks

"Let's remember that the 'System' is led by individuals, by a relatively small number of people, who have names, with more money than God and certainly less compassion."

And thus continues my birthday gift to Georgie. Probably the fastest she's gotten me to read a book rec of hers

I am in no way surprised that a major, macho sports league is actively protecting a predator and generally shit human being. But I do want to punch something

Some badass lines in this book

" Virtuous child who has not known the true measure of unhappiness, how could you ever imagine the breadth of my enmity? What games do you think gods play?'"