This week’s book is No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym, published in 1961.
Beginning:
There are various ways of mending a broken heart, but perhaps going to a learned conference is one of the more unusual.
56:
Later, when the girl came in, her eyes shining from the impact of coffee bar and London on a fine early autumn evening, Dulcie wondered if the time was approaching when she would have to enjoy herself in the lives of younger people, as mothers were said to – waiting up eagerly to hear about the dance and what the young man had said, and often getting precious little out of it, for all the waiting up with knitting and a dying fire and the kettle or saucepan of milk ready to be boiled for the hot drink. She rejected the picture of herself doing this as quickly as it came into her mind.”
Fridays are for Book Beginnings on Rose City Reader, Friday 56 on Freda’s Voice
Sounds like a lovely read!! Happy weekend!
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I am very curious about the topic set in 1961. What caused you to pick up a book published so long ago? Are you finding it relevant for today? My Friday quotes come from Life on Mars
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Oh, I love that cover. But I’m a sucker for a pretty cover. And based of off the page 56 selection it does seem very modern. The same types of questions and concerns women are still grappling with today. I wonder how it turns out?
Her’s a link to my Friday 56: https://coffeeandcatsblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/friday-56-90/
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