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I almost gave up on Burgess Boys. I was a third of the way in and I wasn’t feeling that I-can’t-stop-turning-the-pages feeling like I did when I read Strout’s Olive Kitteridge.
Then I went to see Strout in Houston. She was charming. Funny. Endearing. She read aloud from the book. She talked about how messy she is. She spoke about how she taught herself to write.
Okay. Let’s give her one more chance.
Glad I did. No, BB is not OK. But it is close. Ordinary life. Characters who are a just-right mix o ...more
Then I went to see Strout in Houston. She was charming. Funny. Endearing. She read aloud from the book. She talked about how messy she is. She spoke about how she taught herself to write.
Okay. Let’s give her one more chance.
Glad I did. No, BB is not OK. But it is close. Ordinary life. Characters who are a just-right mix o ...more
Jan 20, 2020
Deborah
marked it as to-read
Dec 19, 2022
Amber
marked it as to-read
