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"Where France's hair, even flattened by the hunting cap, had flattered her, each of the hairstyles that Marion had tried in recent years had been wrong in a different way, too short or too long, each serving to accentuate the redness of her skin, the thickening of her neck, the pinching of her eyes by adipose and insomnia. He knew it was unfair of him to care. It was unfair that his eye should be more painfully affronted by his wife than by the many objectively worse-looking women in New Prospect. It was unfair to have enjoyed her body when she was young and then burdened her with children and a thousand duties, only to now feel miserable whenever he had to venture into public with her and her sorry hair, her unavailing makeup, her seemingly self-spiting choice of dress. He pitied her for the unfairness; he felt guilty. But he couldn't help blaming her, too, because her unattractiveness advertised unhappiness. Sometimes, when she looked especially dumpy at a church dinner, he sensed a satisfaction in being unsightly to him, a wish to make him suffer along with her, but most of the time her unhappiness excluded him. Hating her looks was yet another of the jobs she quietly and capably took on for him. Was it any wonder he was lonely in his marriage?"
Believe it or not.....I just discovered David Baldacci. First book I have read is A minute To Midnight. I really enjoyed it.....will continue with the Atlee Pine series.
Believe it or not.....I just discovered David Baldacci. First book I have read is A minute To Midnight. I really enjoyed it.....will continue with the Atlee Pine series.
Baldacci is a great crime fiction writer. I read the Atlee Pine series last year and really enjoyed them.
I'm currently reading The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. Great detective story. I guess I need to read other books by this author.
Read The Redbreast. It was the first of his I read and the best. IMO.
I'm reading Tower of Babel by Michael Sears about gentrification and real estate shenanigans in Queens, NY. If you've ever been there, the title will resonate. It's a novel, not non-fiction.
A rather interesting and engaging compilation of James' earliest short stories , although it can be tedious to read for those who dislike the somewhat outdated writing style .
Also an excellent read for those interested in getting a sense of the mentality of British society as it existed during the time period these stories were written/published IMHO .
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