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The Song at the Scaffold
by Gertrud von le Fort
originally titled: Die Letzte am Schafott
translated from the German by Olga Marx
Sheed and Ward, 1933
Despite its gruesome historical context of the French Revolution, The Song at the Scaffold by Gertrud von le Fort is a exquisite little gem of a book. It’s only 110 pages so even the [...]
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Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchy
Delacorte Press, 1991
ISBN: 0385301499
When I first read Circle of Friends many years ago, I had planned to read a little bit while I was eating my lunch and then go back to the paper I was working on. I stopped to eat lunch about noon. I finally put the book down [...]
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Dear James
by Jon Hassler
Ballantine Books 1993
ISBN: 0-345-41013-0
Young women who recognized themselves in the brainy Hermione Granger may also see themselves – or at least themselves at 70 – in the character of Agatha McGee.
Agatha is a perfectionist; she has extremely high expectations of others, especially of the clergy and her sixth grade students, but [...]
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