"Face Toward the Spring," by Faith Baldwin--I'd written about it here, back in July, wondering who was right--the reviewer who gave it one star, or the reviewer who gave it five
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It was a passage in which the author mentioned that at one time, she wrote an advice column for a magazine. One of the letters she received was from a woman who had children who asked what she should do, as her husband pushed her around all the time, and then would often throw her down the stairs, "just to complete his morning exercise", as the book's author put it. She of course wrote that "she should take the children and depart fortwith", but the magazine's editor scathingly pointed out that in that case, the husband would have grounds to sue the magazine for "alienation of affection"...
Mhm, a la "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk Region"? :P
(are you familiar with that charming work?)
(although in that particular book, that wasn't why)
...and yes, I hope the wife the author mentions got out...but yeah, there were two things there that struck me, the first being that she needed to write to ask...I mean...
Yes, they are fun, I've often found interesting books there (and left books others must've found interesting, as they were gone the next time I stopped by). Besides, the library is in front of a very nice shop that sells local produce. I bought some apples and carrots today :)
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It was a passage in which the author mentioned that at one time, she wrote an advice column for a magazine. One of the letters she received was from a woman who had children who asked what she should do, as her husband pushed her around all the time, and then would often throw her down the stairs, "just to complete his morning exercise", as the book's author put it. She of course wrote that "she should take the children and depart fortwith", but the magazine's editor scathingly pointed out that in that case, the husband would have grounds to sue the magazine for "alienation of affection"...
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This is why women used to poison their husbands.
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(are you familiar with that charming work?)
(although in that particular book, that wasn't why)
...and yes, I hope the wife the author mentions got out...but yeah, there were two things there that struck me, the first being that she needed to write to ask...I mean...
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Apples and carrots YUM! Good for you! Such great things to eat and especially in winter :)
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Hehe yes, they were good too :)
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