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The Weekend
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Oct 19, 2019
bookshelves: act-library, australian-fiction, contemporary-fiction, fiction, literary-fiction, 2019-release-aussie-author, arc, owned, 2019-top-reads-aus-release-2019, aww2019, own
I've just spent a weekend with these ladies and I think I've fallen a bit in love with each of them through each of their turmoils.
The writing perfectly captures the shifting dynamics of long-time friendships between a trio of women in their early '70s, as they get together for a weekend at Christmas, to tidy out their beloved deceased friends holiday house at a Northern Sydney beach.
These women have all done a lot of living and know some of each others secrets better than they know their own.
A quick and deceptively easy reading experience. I admire the nuanced way Charlotte Wood carried this out. If I had any complaint it's that I really didn't want to leave these ladies after coming to care about what happens to them.
Highly recommended.
The writing perfectly captures the shifting dynamics of long-time friendships between a trio of women in their early '70s, as they get together for a weekend at Christmas, to tidy out their beloved deceased friends holiday house at a Northern Sydney beach.
These women have all done a lot of living and know some of each others secrets better than they know their own.
A quick and deceptively easy reading experience. I admire the nuanced way Charlotte Wood carried this out. If I had any complaint it's that I really didn't want to leave these ladies after coming to care about what happens to them.
Highly recommended.
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Reading Progress
October 18, 2019
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October 18, 2019
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act-library
October 18, 2019
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australian-fiction
October 18, 2019
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contemporary-fiction
October 18, 2019
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fiction
October 18, 2019
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literary-fiction
October 18, 2019
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2019-release-aussie-author
October 19, 2019
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Started Reading
October 19, 2019
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57.92%
"Finding this to be a really Australian story. I feel like I know these women, I know their fallibilities, how they can sometimes seem invisible to all but their closest friends. It's really about time a contemporary story was written about women in this time of their lives. My admiration of Charlotte Wood as an author is increasing exponentially."
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October 20, 2019
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October 21, 2019
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arc
October 21, 2019
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owned
October 22, 2019
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2019-top-reads-aus-release-2019
December 17, 2019
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aww2019
December 11, 2021
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own
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Nov 07, 2019 07:00PM
I too was sad to leave them!!
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I figures it was the Central Coast and just north of Sydney.
