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The year of 1993 CE.

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The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides
Contemporary American Literature

The Virgin Suicides

While I tend to avoid male writers writing female characters, in this case, Eugenides makes it work by accepting his limitations. He is writing from a perspective of knowing women, but never truly knowing them or being able to empathize fully with the unknown things that women experience and go through.

January 23, 2023January 22, 2023 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Virgin Suicides

The Stone Diaries

Carol Shields
Contemporary Canadian Literature

The Stone Diaries

When I was young, I think I can remember my mother having a copy of this book. My lovely spouse also remembers one being somewhere in her childhood home. This is a review of Carol Shields’ The Stone Diaries.

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Stone Diaries
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