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I was again in need of an audio book and thought, “Hmmmm, any more Barbara Pym’s on audio”–I really did think that! Best of all, I found one! An added attraction was a professional indexer–very librarian-like and work to which I could relate. The whole of academia has always been absurd, so that was icing atop the icing on this cake.
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“…nests of bed sitting rooms where young girls dreamed and lonely women remembered–perhaps dreamed, too.”
An academic conference is just the thing ...more
I was again in need of an audio book and thought, “Hmmmm, any more Barbara Pym’s on audio”–I really did think that! Best of all, I found one! An added attraction was a professional indexer–very librarian-like and work to which I could relate. The whole of academia has always been absurd, so that was icing atop the icing on this cake.
The Story
“…nests of bed sitting rooms where young girls dreamed and lonely women remembered–perhaps dreamed, too.”
An academic conference is just the thing ...more
Aug 13, 2017
Terri
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Dec 09, 2017
Anna
marked it as to-read
