Three English Lit PhD candidates become
friends and when one of them turns up pregnant, decide to co-parent the
baby. This is a wonderful story of
friendship, family, relationships and living, with a big dose of literary
references.
A couple of quotes for thought:
[After comparing history to literature
studies]
“History does teach you though that threads
and connections are trickier than they seem.
Meaning, what seems relevant and meaningful now isn’t a very good indicator
of anything. Things that look like signs
usually aren’t.”
[After watching the movie Memento with her
students]
“My students’ conclusion was that knowing what
happens is meaningless, unless you understand why. I said all literature is this way because all
life is this way—the mystery isn’t what but why. My students disagreed. They said in life you understand the why all
along because you live it every day, and you’re in your head; you’re just desperate
to know how it will turn out.”
I gobbled this up in one day, the luxury of
being able to read as long as I want!
Published:
2010 Read: June 2017 Genre:
Fiction
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