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Sucked in already! I love time travel books.

So twisty it’s hard to believe.

Already twisty….

Another great example of WWII historical fiction. I picked this up because I’m going to Italy in two weeks, spending a day in Venice, and reading this book brought the city alive for me.

I related to so much that is in this book. It must have cost the author so much to write it, and it healed something in me. At times I was yelling for her.

🤯

Twisty! Good!

Not too keen on this theme of “everyone in the MC’s life (the men) know what’s better for her than she does.” 🙄

SPOILER ALERT 🚨






Before the twist I felt that Lulu’s experience as a housewife and mother was very much like my own, even though it’s set in the 50s. Some expectations for women persist. Lulu is “one of us.”

And then the twist…..and all of a sudden, she’s an “other.” I still sympathize with her but I felt myself pulling away from her, putting distance between my experiences and hers.

A teensy bit graphic for my taste but WOW the philosophical implications. The mind reels.

Mind blowing. Super violent.