I found the protoganist in Dark Places to, in the end, be the most likable protagonist out of Flynn's 3 books (she's the only one who's on a path to getting somewhere in life IMO), that said I wouldn't want to have a cup of coffee with anyone in any of her books! Yikes.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
javachik - Aug 18, 2013 3:58:12 pm PDT #21265 of 28769
Our wings are not tired.
sj - Aug 18, 2013 3:59:23 pm PDT #21266 of 28769
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Amy, I actually loved the protagonist in Dark Places the best. I loved how completely and unapologetically fucked up she was.
DebetEsse - Aug 19, 2013 4:20:50 am PDT #21267 of 28769
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It's the start of a semester, and I have to read a book for class. Anyone have suggestions for good books that deal with "health and aging"? Can be fiction or non-fiction, but I'm not sure how far we can get into supernatural metaphor before I lose my instructor.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2013 7:07:25 am PDT #21268 of 28769
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Madeleine L'Engle's The Summer of the Great Grandmother
DebetEsse - Aug 19, 2013 9:29:45 am PDT #21269 of 28769
Woe to the fucking wicked.
t looks at Amazon
Interesting.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2013 9:55:04 am PDT #21270 of 28769
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Her Crosswicks journals are beautifully written, and The Summer of the Great Grandmother is a thoughtful look at aging and dealing with an independent relative who is becoming dependent. Her novel A Severed Wasp also deals with aging.
Another possibility would be M.F.K. Fisher's collection Sister Age. >[link]
Sophia Brooks - Aug 19, 2013 10:41:08 am PDT #21271 of 28769
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I like journals, so I would recommend May Sarton "At Seventy" or After the Stroke.
meara - Aug 19, 2013 10:47:11 am PDT #21272 of 28769
One I would NOT recommend--"My Stroke of Insight". Neuroscientist who had a stroke. Terrible writing.
erikaj - Aug 20, 2013 5:09:25 am PDT #21273 of 28769
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
wrod. Interesting story, but she couldn't tell it. Sometimes I wonder why certain books get so beloved.
Tom Scola - Aug 20, 2013 5:18:11 am PDT #21274 of 28769
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.