6/30/2023 0 Comments Book lillian boxfish takes a walk![]() ![]() The only warmth I could discern was when she thought about her husband Max and her son, Johnny. But – it wasn’t a warm novel, rather a relating of events and people. This novel employs some well rendered imagery and was well researched. “Winter, at bay for weeks, has taken sundown as its cue” We didn’t learn ‘ how‘ Lillian felt – and ‘ why‘ she championed the causes she did. But all of these admirable traits were related with no real empathy. She was a feminist and a career woman who lived in a time when women just wanted to stop working and get married and raise a family. I admired Lillian, who wouldn’t? She was vivacious, witty and very intelligent. We learned their names but nothing about their personalities. We learned that Lillian just about always had a cat. Other than the fact that Lillian and her husband Max were truly in love, we didn’t ‘ know‘ anything about him. Other than her name and what she did for a living, Helen was an enigma. But… we didn’t get to ‘know’ any of them. Friends, coworkers, lovers – people she adored and people she barely tolerated. We learned that she had many people in her life. My problem with that was that the story read almost like a report. Now an octogenarian, Lillian laments her lost youth, and reflects upon the loneliness incumbent on the aged – when many friends, acquaintances, and contemporaries are no longer living. ![]() “The Strand” – one of Lillian’s favorite book stores ![]()
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