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The Housekeeper and the Professor
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Start date
August 27, 2011
Finish date
August 29, 2011
Why we're reading this
The author is from Japan

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Salma Saeed
روايات ايام الامتحانات الجميلة 😁♥️
بداية لطيفة للسنة
معلم رياضيات عبقري ذاكرته مدتها 80 دقيقة و مربية منزل بتحاول تتأقلم مع الوضع و تدخل للعالم اللى بيحبه و بيربط كل حاجة بيه "الرياضيات"
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كشخص بيكره الرياضيات اكتر حاجة فى الدنيا و كان بينجح فيها بالعافية كنت حاسة انى مش هكملها أو مش هفهمها بس بالعكس كانت سلسة و جميلة و خلصتها بسرعة و اتعلقت بشخصياتها القليلين و حبيت أفكار منها زى الأعداد المتحابة و فكرت كتير مش يمكن اللى كانوا بيدونا المادة دى زمان و بيبخوا فعلا كانوا خلونا نحبها؟
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Faith Ling
Dec 19, 2023 rated it really liked it
I would never have imagined that someone could help me to appreciate maths (and how magical and mind-blowing it is as a language used to express things!!). Also very cool that it is used to represent constancy, predictability, and the concept of eternity in a world that begs to differ. I would never have anticipated growing to love the characters and the story, but I did, and I can only attribute this to Ogawa’s brilliant, well-paced storytelling and an uncanny ability to play with my heartstrin ...more
Katariina
”They were big and strong as a rock. But since they lived inside my head, I could only play with them there. So I ended up growing a strong brain instead of a strong body.”

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This little treasure of a book was exactly what I needed. It made me so happy it turned back to sad. No but really, the relationship between the Professor, the Housekeeper and Root was so sweet and wholesome, and it was so comforting to read about them. I also found it super interesting to read about
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