By Betty Smith. I’m almost done with this and I have loved every minute of it. The characters and setting are so well developed you really feel like you’re experiencing every aspect of their lives. And it’s super interesting to learn about life in the early 1900s in the place where I live now. As cozy as your favorite TV show. An American classic for a reason!! Everyone should read this
Sep 26, 2024
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Greenwich village , Harlem, and seaside France just after WWII. sad and beautiful and tragic and even a little bit funny. about a friend group in NY — containing black, white, queer, straight, and married people , men and women, girls and boys, actors, writers, jazz musicians, and housewives. all figuring out how why and whether they love each other when American segregation, misogyny, and homophobia are structures of daily life that make love difficult or impossible. Deals with race relations and bisexuality but in a way that is mostly narrative-driven, not theoretical. read it if you love the tv show Mad Men or the book Giovanni’s room. Or bisexuals
Jan 23, 2024
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this is my favorite novel and makes me feel all warm inside. i love how bittersweet it is in its portrayal of fuckups and forgiveness and trust in others and changing as a person but not as much as youd like to. profoundly human and beautiful.
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as we all (pi fyi users) know, being into shit is cool.
i’ve been thinking about how in the early days of facebook rather than liking pages you would “become a fan” of them and i just love that verbage. so sweet and precious
Feb 23, 2024
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i said that so smoothly and confidently and wasn’t weird at all
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it’s nice to have a forced walk in the morning before work and it’s not really of shame if you’re in love
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