Sadly I've come to the end of my borrowed stash of Alison Lurie books. It looks like I saved one of the best till last - Foreign Affairs won the Pulitzer Prize and was a great read, with the usual skillfull characterisation and witty observations. (Apparently it was serialised on TV as well). Once again, you couldn't exactly say the book had a happy ending but it did have a satisfactory ending. Again, several of the same characters cropped up from other books. It's funny for the hero in this one to have appeared as a 4-year old in Love and Friendship but very satisfying to imagine that Lurie's characters are living out their lives in real time. Thanks to Jo for introducing me to this author.
Day 107; Book 105
Man adopts a unique Bengal kitten for his girlfriend, but "she didn't like
the cat", so they abandon the cat at a shelter without notice after 2
months with her, but luckily, a kind employee turns their loss into her gain
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*Gifting cats to people is nearly always a bad idea. *
We get it if it's a parent adopting a cat for their kid - because if the
kid ends up not wanting t...
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