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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
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May 18, 2016
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June 2, 2016
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Joanna
Jul 21, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2016-read, bookclub-bo, rws-2016-summer
This book was selected by one of my online book clubs and it seemed like a good time to reread this since the first time I read it was in high school, which was, ahem, quite a while ago. About all I remembered about the book was the sense of desperation that the main character felt. I had completely forgotten how everyone around her seemed to behave in completely annoying and inexplicable ways. Of course, the book is told from Esther's perspective, so we're probably not getting a reliable object ...more
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