April Reading

 

This is a small hard cover book, but it's really a short story. I read it from start to finish on the plane to Melbourne (an hour and 5 mins). It's funny and sweet and a lot of what we know - ageing, Covid, irrelevance and I guess the human condition and interaction. I liked it but the price for the short read makes it a gift or find it in the library.

A number of other bloggers were reading this so I thought it might be a bit of fun, plus I might learn a few tips to be more supportive of friends going through it. I wasn't sure I liked the narrator voice at times, and there was one bit that just horrified me (Maybe I am a prude??)

I read this because like many of the other Australian bloggers, we'd link up weekly and visit Seana's blog. I met her at the theatre back in 2015, and I will say I found it hard to marry the person in the book with the person I 'knew'. There was also a funny moment when she mentioned another blogger I know in person. I remembered that woman going on the cruise she mentions. So it was a strange mix of what felt like a fictional character (a person I don't know) with real events and people. It's very open, honest and raw. It's a generous sharing of difficult life issues & a life long struggle with alcohol.

I guess the real lesson is we don't know what's going on for people. The confident, successful & gregarious person might still be plagued with self loathing or insecurities.

This is a book club book. I looked at the cover and title and thought 'Snore'. However, it's great. It's really got me thinking about lots of aspects of literature and how we use the written word in our day to day lives.  It's not a huge book in length, so even if it's not your usual thing, worth giving it a try. 

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