Ann Partridge
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Listen to the Leaves
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2012
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2 editions
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At the Water's Edge
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2011
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3 editions
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The Old Sofa
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2012
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"In Jones's powerful fifth novel, best friends pursuing education, love, and lost mothers run up against the constraints of life for Black women in the 1960s. The touching story gives a sweeping sense of Black history and Southern culture. However, ce"
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This is special. When we first meet Istvan he is fifteen years old and living with his mother in an apartment in Hungary. Like most boys his age he is intrigued by sex. This curiosity continues throughout his life and leads him into surprising situat ...more |
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“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
― Animal Dreams
― Animal Dreams
“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”
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“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“Happiness doesn't lie in conspicuous consumption and the relentless amassing of useless crap. Happiness lies in the person sitting beside you and your ability to talk to them. Happiness is clear-headed human interaction and empathy. Happiness is home. And home is not a house-home is a mythological conceit. It is a state of mind. A place of communion and unconditional love. It is where, when you cross its threshold, you finally feel at peace.”
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“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
― The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
― The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
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