Couples Who Pray: The Most Intimate Act Between a Man and a Woman
6.0
Rate It
Book
WARNING: This book will change yourmarriage! Yes, it s true. The most intimate act between a manand...
ClareR (6106 KP) rated End of Story in Books
Apr 14, 2023
It’s 2035, fiction has been banned for the last five years, and even owning a work of fiction is a criminal act. Fern Dostoy had won a prestigious book award before the laws came in to force, and now she isn’t allowed to write. She has random home checks by frightening men in suits, is threatened by imprisonment - or worse.
I found this a very disturbing read - I mean, I would be among the first to be booked in to a stay at His Majesty’s Pleasure (aka, prison). And is this so very far from the truth right now?
Some aspects of the pandemic are referred to, especially the isolation that so many people struggled through.
This is a pretty bleak read, but I just loved it. It’s touching, too, and gave me a lot to think about. This isn’t a book to race through (or it at least needs a second read), because it throws up so many questions with regards to fiction, the arts and society in general.
As Fern says: “if you tell a story we’ll enough, it’s true”. I honestly hope not in this case!
Highly recommended - and many thanks to The Pigeonhole and Louise for reading along with us.
Girl A
Book
'Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written' RICHARD OSMAN 'Haunting, powerful, with a...
Requiem for a Mouse
5.0
Rate It
Book
Librarian Charlie Harris and his ever-intuitive feline friend Diesel must catch a killer in a deadly...
Draw Along with Stella and Sam
Education and Games
App
(Description en français plus bas.) Draw along with Stella and Sam in this fun new art app. Pick a...
Book of Mutter
Book
Writing is how I attempt to repair myself, stitching back former selves, sentences. When I am brave...
Diana Vreeland: the Modern Woman: The Bazaar Years, 1936-1962
Book
The first Vreeland book to focus on her three decades at Harper's Bazaar, where the legendary editor...
Girls - Season 3
TV Season
In Season 3, Hannah is now in a committed relationship with Adam (Adam Driver), and the two are...
Apollinaire and the Great War, 1914-18
Book
A major literary figure in pre-war Paris, Guillaume Apollinaire volunteered for war in 1914, trained...