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A devastating, but ultimately satisfying look at the sexual awakening of Maurice Hall. Written early in the 20th century at a time when homosexuality was a criminal offense, Forster chose to delay its publication until after he died. Published in 1971, a year after his death we follow Maurice to Cambridge with the assumption he will then follow in his late father's footsteps and join the London business he and his partner started. At Cambridge Maurice falls for Clive Durham, a Classics major, but this relationship fails. I spent the past week with the ladies of Cranford. It was a delightful time listening to stories of their girlhood friendships and family life and the bittersweet present where many of their dreams were not realized. 2022 Reading Goals. 📚📚📚 My 2021 Favorite Books of the Year! I read this book in one sitting, all through the night. Didion writes about the night her husband dies suddenly and the year after as she gropes and grapples with grief and the reality of it all. It is such an intense piece of writing and I remember how entangled I became in her thoughts in the wee hours of the night. When December began I had this little pile of Christmas books that I'd collected over the years that I thought I'd read. Bookstagrammers, I want to do a slow read of a Charles Dickens novel next year. My only experience with him besides A Christmas Carol is Oliver Twist when I read it in school. This little Friends of the Library bookstore haul has me excited. I just want to read and bake. I am really in the mood of the season this year! When the world feels dim it takes courage to stand in the Light. I sometimes wonder if I would have been this brave....

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