‘A rich and intelligent meditation of female identity, written in beguiling lyrical prose…heady and intoxicating’ LUCY SCHOLES, Sunday Times

After Mia Fredrickson’s husband of thirty years asks for a pause – to indulge his infatuation with a young French colleague – she cracks up (briefly), rages (deeply), then decamps to the prairie town of her childhood to consider her position. It’s a familiar scenario, though what transpires in this provocative, mordant and vivacious tragicomedy is anything but predictable.

THE SUMMER WITHOUT MEN by SIRI HUSTVEDT (2011)
ISBN: 1-4447-2025-2 / 978-1-4447-2025-9 (UK PB) Publisher: Sceptre
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Too many book piles – so this is going travelling.

THE SUMMER WITHOUT MEN was released at the BookCrossing meeting this Thursday evening and unless it was picked-up is now on the book-shelf in the rear of the bar.
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I was going to read this, but ran short of registered books for the obcz so...

Released to obcz

Retrieved from obcz

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Bringing to 'Old Gang' meetup. If not picked up will leave in the Filmhouse Cafe Bar area.

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Caught at the Old Gang meet up. Thanks!

I thought this was a really good novel with lots of interesting peopel and relationships. I thought Mia's interactions with her teenage poetry class and her response to their bullying was well written. I absolutely LOVED the character of Abigail and her subversive embroidery.

And off it goes to keeta1 as part of the wishlist tag game. Happy reading!

And here it is.......thanks bookfrogster :)
Loved the postcard as well!

An enjoyable read although there were a few bits that I personally found a little boring. I liked all the different stories going on together and the characters were great. We have a neighbour very similar to Lola and I couldn't help picturing her and her kids when reading those bits. Interesting themes.

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Released for the 2017 KTM Challenge and the September Sapphire Challenge .