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A poignant short story on life, death, illness, family, love and love lost. What more could you ask for in 50 odd pages?
The book is filled with delightful, insightful passages on the small details in our lives that matter so much. These are the books I generally love; ones in which a sentence or thought encapsulates beautifully the small mundane lives that I as a middle class human being tend to live in. I won't give a spoiler from this book but will instead use an example from Safran-Foer's- Ex...more
The book is filled with delightful, insightful passages on the small details in our lives that matter so much. These are the books I generally love; ones in which a sentence or thought encapsulates beautifully the small mundane lives that I as a middle class human being tend to live in. I won't give a spoiler from this book but will instead use an example from Safran-Foer's- Ex...more
The Penguin novella / short story “The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine” by Melissa Bank is quite enjoyable. It’s the story of a witty intelligent girl trying to make her way in the city and in publishing. It is sort of first hand account of her relationship with an older editor and former alcoholic that she previously and a relationship with, but it’s more than that, it also about finding your niche in the politics of work and family among other things. I really enjoyed this story and...more
Only 58 pages long, but it took me in an emotional roller-coaster for the good two hours that it took to read it. This story is touching and witty at the same time. Just when I had tears brimming on my eyes I'd suddenly burst out laughing with a well-placed line. For someone who is somewhere between a limbo and a precarious place, I can totally with the idea that all the bad things that are happening could just be 'the worst thing a suburban girl could imagine,' meaning it's insignificant once y...more
Jul 27, 2011
Mary Arkless
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Read this while on holiday. The story is told in the first person, describing a woman's relationship with her father, what happens when he becomes seriously ill, and her relationship with her on-again-off-again boyfriend.
I enjoyed the writing style.
I enjoyed the writing style.
I read the climax of the book while I was commuting home. That was the fifth time I've ever cried on public transport. Let's continue imagining the worst things that can happen to us
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