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This novel is a beautifully written work, a series of diary entries by a woman dealing with the impending death of her husband and the consequences of loss over a period of years. The narrator describes periods of muted grief, interior isolation ( though the community around her is sympathetic), ambivalent attempts at connection to others, and finally a kind of satisfaction and reintegration with society and her own sense of self. Her descriptions of the natural world perfectly complement her in
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beautifully descriptive. I read this book to get a sense of this part of the country and life 100 years ago and it was very successful. The last sentence made me LOL.
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Alex Bakalas
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Molly
marked it as to-read
