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A review by kairhone
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
"Then it was one of those marvelously clear days which come after a good blow. The trees had stripped down to their black bones and had heaped leaves in drifts against hedges and walls. Children played amongst them, tossing armfuls into the air, screaming in and out like swimmers at the sea's edge. I saw roofs and walls and gardens hidden from me before. It was astonishing, like looking for the first time at a map of a place one believed one knew well and now finding new holes and corners."
"Just before I bedded down I stood at the window. And he was right-the first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late."
"People move away, grow older, die, and the bright belief that there will be another marvelous thing around each corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies."
"Am I making too much of this? Perhaps. But there are times when man and earth are one, when the pulse of liv- ing beats strong, when life is brimming with promise and the future stretches confidently ahead like that road to the hills. Well, I was young"
"Just before I bedded down I stood at the window. And he was right-the first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late."
"People move away, grow older, die, and the bright belief that there will be another marvelous thing around each corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies."
"Am I making too much of this? Perhaps. But there are times when man and earth are one, when the pulse of liv- ing beats strong, when life is brimming with promise and the future stretches confidently ahead like that road to the hills. Well, I was young"
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity and War