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Bought for $10 on 2/1/21 on recommendation of Deep Thinking about Great Books Group on Facebook and reading these reviews:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/books/review-ducks-newburyport-lucy-ellmann.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/15/ducks-newburyport-by-lucy-ellmann-review
Lists: pp. 13,
Kids Ben, Gillian, Stacy, Jake
Husband Leo
Interludes 8, 52-53,
“Ask me how many people, right here in Cairo, have blood sugar sickness,” he said. Fatma blinked. “I don’t—” “No, go ahead. Ask me.” “How many people in Cairo have blood sugar sickness?” “Ya Allah! I have no idea! I’m terrible with numbers!”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“Rich people always have enemies. Usually, that’s how they became rich.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“why are we going to the basement?” “Because that’s where the library is located.” “Right. And we’re going to the library because…?” Fatma fixed her best blank look. “Because it has all the books.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“No one who lives here is stupid or gullible. They’re just tired of the exploitation. Tired of being ignored. Desperate ears will listen to anyone offering up others to blame.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“You think it’s that bad?” “When there’s a strange,unknown disturbance centered around the one place meant to investigate strange, unknown disturbances - yeah, I think it might be that bad.” p. 184”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
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