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zsofia's review
4.0
I was shocked at how difficult it was to find a book with a female protagonist over 60 for my Read Harder 2018 challenge! I had to interlibrary loan this, as it was out of print. I think I'm actually going to count this as my postcolonial book and continue reading books about old women because it never really occurred to me that they're so rare. I found this both a clear-eyed examination of age and a look at a place (Guyana) I haven't read much about. For some reason although it's quite short I found it a slow read; I gather that it's frequently assigned in British schools and I imagine they don't like it much. I'd say you need more life experience to really get what it's about.
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