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alana
I read this for the Pop Sugar 2015 Challenge "a classic romance" since I already owned it and apparently it's meant to be a romance. While I appreciated reading about the time period and location, I had no idea that the romance of the story was between a 15-year-old girl and man in his 30s. Um, wrong. How can I read this as a romance?? It was very disturbing. And supposedly autobiographical, so I had to go read online more about it. It seems like maybe fingers crossed most of it was made up, but ...more
Nadine in NY Jones
3.5 stars, rounded up to 4

My mother says, This one will never be satisfied with anything. I think I’m beginning to see my life. I think I can already say, I have a vague desire to die. From now on I treat that word and my life as inseparable.


This book won't be for everyone.

This is the book I've been looking for all my life.

I've found it now, what will I read for the next forty years? I'm sure I'll find something.

This has been on my TBR since back when I first discovered the Jane March / Ton
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hannah
Jul 30, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: french
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Leila Mikaeily
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Sarita
Nov 07, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: a-5-stars
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Jen
Dec 31, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Amanda
Oct 15, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: women, fiction, 1001
Jen
Jan 15, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Ann
Nov 27, 2017 rated it really liked it
Mihika
Jun 06, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Pamela
Jan 03, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Tiffany
Apr 03, 2023 marked it as to-read
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