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“Now it came to her, how to describe the country in one word: resilient. Despite wars and destruction, the people here continually moved forward, rebuilding and innovating. Resilience might also be the quality needed for a lasting marriage, the ability to sort through problems and come out stronger.” ~ from The Book of Jeremiah In …
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In my early twenties, I read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, her most famous book. Later, I read one of her a lesser known novels, The Edible Woman, about Marian McAlprin, a young woman engaged to be married who finds herself suddenly at war with food. For good reason. Food becomes the metaphor for Marian’s …
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ICYMI, May is Short Story Month. And it’s a clickty-click day, with links below to three ways you can discover your next big read. 1. Scroll through Book Riot’s list of 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections, for blurbs about books by established and new authors. 2. Browse Elizabeth Day’s list on The Guardian of 10 …