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Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller

Catherine — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 04:11:53 +0000

When twins Julius and Jeanie’s mother, Dot, dies it signals an end to their life as they’ve known it. They live quietly in a small rural cottage on enough land for Dot and Jeanie to sell vegetables and eggs by the roadside and to a local grocer. Julius works in construction and does odd jobs. […]

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October Reading-Wrap-Up

Catherine — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:34:32 +0000

I realize it’s already the first week of November but last week was taken up with family and I could not get myself pulled together until the weekend. Having said that, as much as I’d like you to read on, if you haven’t voted…GO VOTE. Done your civic duty? Super! Well, October was not […]

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Swimming Lessons

Catherine — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 08:13:10 +0000

When Claire Fuller’s newest novel, Swimming Lessons, begins Ingrid has been missing for eleven years. Her daughters, Nan and Flora, have grown up and her husband Gil now spends most of his time going through the books in their house. He’s always been obsessed with the marginalia and ephemera left behind inside their covers, […]

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Our Endless Numbered Days

Catherine — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:02:30 +0000

There are few things more important to little girls than their fathers and Peggy is no exception. Her German mother is a famous concert pianist but she is often brusque and busy while her father has friends who come over and hang out, smoking and talking about exciting things she doesn’t fully understand. He plays, […]

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