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Kathleen (itpdx)
Apr 26, 2010 rated it really liked it
Beautiful. Mesmerizing. In the book Ondaatje describes a church with a spiral steeple. The story sometimes follows the spine of the spiral and sometimes moves up and down along the edges, but always explores family and the transition from child to adult.
"we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout our lives"
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Feb 03, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Anika
Jul 04, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Mai
Oct 29, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Feb 15, 2018 rated it liked it
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