Thank you for a delightful read. I too read Maggie Smiths memoir and deeply resonated with it and loved the way she wrote little chapters. Covenant of Water is wonderful too! I will be sure to check out your other recommendations. I am about to read Bittersweet by Susan Cain and next is The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. I also enjoyed Sorrow and Bliss, Magpie, The Taken Ones, and Thirst for Salt.
of your recommendations. Sometimes I feel like I’m forever reading memoirs so to know of more fiction (even though the world is filled with fiction) is fantastic!
I enjoyed Bittersweet, so I’ll be curious to know your thoughts.
Of late I’ve read Thin Places and Cacophony of Bine, both by Kerri ni Dochartaigh and Small Things like These, Claire Keegan, and enjoyed them all.
and, I’m looking forward to Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennet; The wren, the wren, Anne Enright (what’s up with all the Irish authors??); The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing; The Years, Annie Erneaux; and Ordinary Notes, Christine Sharpe.
You are so sweet! I pre-ordered a paperback copy as part of an event with her I attended online recently, but I'll happily gift that one to someone else when it arrives in March. Thank you, honey. <3
I think her writing would really speak to you, and possibly provide the impetus for the two of us participating in one of her Corporeal Writing retreats 💛
Meet me at Emily’s.
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Thank you for a delightful read. I too read Maggie Smiths memoir and deeply resonated with it and loved the way she wrote little chapters. Covenant of Water is wonderful too! I will be sure to check out your other recommendations. I am about to read Bittersweet by Susan Cain and next is The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. I also enjoyed Sorrow and Bliss, Magpie, The Taken Ones, and Thirst for Salt.
Oh thank you Dina ~ I really appreciate all
of your recommendations. Sometimes I feel like I’m forever reading memoirs so to know of more fiction (even though the world is filled with fiction) is fantastic!
I enjoyed Bittersweet, so I’ll be curious to know your thoughts.
Of late I’ve read Thin Places and Cacophony of Bine, both by Kerri ni Dochartaigh and Small Things like These, Claire Keegan, and enjoyed them all.
and, I’m looking forward to Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennet; The wren, the wren, Anne Enright (what’s up with all the Irish authors??); The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing; The Years, Annie Erneaux; and Ordinary Notes, Christine Sharpe.
I’ll keep you posted 😊
Likewise, and I will keep you posted too!
P.S. just found you and enjoying your letters. Thank you. Xo
thank you Dina ~ just subscribed to your newsletter too 🥰
Wow - thank you! What a treat. I hope you enjoy it! It feels good to support one another here. Something tells me we align on some things 😉🥰
I would really like to read Lydia this year. I never have and it seems a serious omission.
Also, I have an extra copy of Maggie Smith’s memoir ~ if no one has gifted you yet, may i do the honors??
You are so sweet! I pre-ordered a paperback copy as part of an event with her I attended online recently, but I'll happily gift that one to someone else when it arrives in March. Thank you, honey. <3
I think her writing would really speak to you, and possibly provide the impetus for the two of us participating in one of her Corporeal Writing retreats 💛