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These stories are so powerful that I've been poring over maps of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, trying to understand something about the wild places that have inspired MacLeod to write so beautifully.
— Aug 30, 2012 09:33AM
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Fionnuala
is on page 197 of 448
Reading 'The Closing Down of Summer' on this final day of August, I came across this quote which sums up perfectly what I feel about these stories: "the private experience, if articulated with skill, may communicate an appeal that is universal beyond the limitations of time or landscape."
— Aug 31, 2012 03:02AM
Fionnuala
is on page 58 of 448
"In the next world God will see to those who waste their lives reading useless books when they should be about their work."
— Aug 23, 2012 01:07AM
