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Gosh. This is elegant, compelling, and a touch disturbing. Alida Lye is one to watch - or read rather.
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"This is a wonderful, bitter sweet book, bursting with insight, love and gentle humour. It captures perfectly the difficult idiosyncrasies of an elderly lady as she makes her way through the trials and tribulations of Covid, amongst other things. Beau"
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"Probably a three and a half but I felt generous. Once again a quirky book from Ben Aitken with such a good premise. Like Ben I gradually warmed to Winnie as the story progressed and there were some laugh out loud moments. Was a bit afraid it was star"
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"I really enjoyed this. I think I discovered it either in a New Yorker article or a Publisher’s Weekly article. In either case, it was an interesting read about an intergenerational friendship during covid. I just would have liked some sort of epilogu"
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“Over dinner, we mostly talk about Henry being gone a year. I tell her what someone told me in Italy: that grief is fruitful because it gives perspective and a sense of scale. Winnie says that's bollocks. Says that loss begets fear of loss. Says she likes the spare ribs though.”
― The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple
― The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple
“She says there's been a few drops of snow in Yorkshire so the BBC are calling it a White Christmas. I say that's like calling me a vegetarian because I eat peas twice a week.”
― The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple
― The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple
“I ask what inscription she'd have on her headstone. She gives it some thought, then says, 'Was meant to be enjoying herself but polished the doorknob instead.”
― The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple
― The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple
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