Recent reading
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luzulaThree Times Table by Sara Maitland
Oh, what a wonderful book! ♥ I can't remember where I saw the rec for this, but I'm so glad I did. It's about a woman, her daughter and her granddaughter over the course of one day where they each deal with their own important life-changing issues, and also about their relationships with each other. It's really good at delving into the difficulties with family, but it's heartwarming, too. Also there is a dragon. Recommended!
Politik underifrån (Politics from beneath, not available in English)
An essay collection about various instances of collective action in Swedish 20th century history.
Oh, what a wonderful book! ♥ I can't remember where I saw the rec for this, but I'm so glad I did. It's about a woman, her daughter and her granddaughter over the course of one day where they each deal with their own important life-changing issues, and also about their relationships with each other. It's really good at delving into the difficulties with family, but it's heartwarming, too. Also there is a dragon. Recommended!
Politik underifrån (Politics from beneath, not available in English)
An essay collection about various instances of collective action in Swedish 20th century history.
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Date: 2016-10-28 09:57 pm (UTC)I've enjoyed several of Maitland's novels, in particular "Home Truths"
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/411852409
A black-sheep daughter returns to her family after a traumatic amputation while,passing through an African war.
Maitland is very perceptive on mother-daughter relations -- after all that's True North's central drama
Her more recent stuff focuses on spiritually, religion, and living all alone with sheep. Doesn't particularly appeal.