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Bookseller at Barnes & Noble, Humanities student at NAU, mother of 2, artist, animal lover, voracious reader and lover of all things literary, introvert, believer in magic
Currently reading
Science In Context: Readings In The Sociology Of Science
The Apothecary
The Key & the Flame
Fifty Shades of Grey
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Beautiful Creatures
Pride and Prejudice
Progress:
60/379 pages
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories
Love stories unlike the usual romantic, lovey-dovey sort....A realistic view of love that includes the messy and often ugly side of relationships. Love can strike at any instant in our lives -- it can come in many different shapes and sizes. The stories in Petrushevskaya's collection examine a world of eagerness, frustration, indifference, disillusionment, and above all, love. A favorite quote: "Love likes secrecy and playfulness; it flees too much devotion and heavy emotional debt" ("Eros's Way"). This collection is for those who understand the idiosyncrasies of love -- the knowledge that most love is not all roses and chocolates, but tolerance, oversight, and in the end, companionship to stave off the loneliness of humanity.
