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
"She was so tired from the constant nursing she was doing to keep the
kitties in good health": A dedicated mother cat and her nine offspring are
found abandoned and given a second chance at a happy, healthy life by a
compassionate coworker
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Cat rescues, dang, like not to come down on the banality of dog rescues,
but cat rescues are just a whole other league. Whether it is the way that
they h...
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