Hello, welcome to my blog

Mostly you will find, here, transcribed entries from the secret diary that I used to keep as a teenager between 1970 and 1975. I try to be honest with my transcriptions, but, just occasionally I do edit, to protect myself or others from embarrassment or some other emotion.
Also, though, I like to do a brief review of the books I have been reading, so these are interspersed throughout. I reserve the right to write blog entries, also, about other random things.
Why do I keep this blog? I don't know. I am an academic and one of my research interests is around how people construct their own identities. The diary transcriptions, and what I write about my books, are very much about revealing something of my identity.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Jennifer Clement - just finished reading

The Poison that Fascinates by Jennifer Clements

8/10


I read this book in three days. This is because it is short, it is written in short, easy to read chapters, and it has a precisely written, no-excess storyline, which you have to turn the pages of. It is a page-turner, but it is a well-written and meaningful book about families and relationships, love and loss. It is also a book about famous, real-life female murderers.

Emily is part of the British community in Mexico City. She only has a father and we don't really know why she no longer has a mother. Her family sponsors an orphanage, which Emily visits a lot. Her cousin, Santiago, comes to visit.

Excellent. I need to read more of this woman's books.

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