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“Secrets are at times a necessary tool for peace.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
“The past, were I to type it up, would look like a disaster, but regardless of how it ended we all had many good days. In that sense the past is much like the present because the present—this unparalleled disaster—is the happiest time of my life:”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
“Then one night a report about breast cancer came on the news, all about mammograms and early detection, women talking about finding a lump in their breast. We were making dinner. We always turned the television off when we sat down to eat but we could watch it while we were cooking. That was the rule. “I have one of those,” she said to the television set. “You had a mammogram?” She shook her head. She wasn’t looking at me. “A lump.” I had been cutting up a head of broccoli and I put down the knife and washed my hands. “What did you do about it?” “I didn’t do anything about it.” “What did the doctor say?” She looked at me then. “The whole thing scared me to death.” “So what happened?” My brain insisted on hearing it in the past tense, I had a lump in my breast once. I couldn’t understand that this was something that was happening. “I thought I’d wait for you to come home,” she said. “You’re always so good at figuring things out.” “I’ve been home three months.” But she had found the lump a year before, and taped a gauze square over it when it started to leak. When I looked at her again I could actually see a disruption in the pattern of her dress. That’s how big it was. Once we started making the hopeless rounds of oncologist appointments, the past broke away. All the things I’d thought about myself before—I am an actress, I am not an actress, I was in love, I was betrayed—disintegrated into nothing. I made bowls of Cream of Wheat she wouldn’t eat and then scraped them into the trash once they turned cold. I managed the schedule of people who wanted to come and see her, her two sons and two daughters—one of those daughters my mother—my father, my brothers, all my cousins, all her friends. I made sure no one stayed too long. I sat by her bed and read to her.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
“The number of things I’d failed to grasp back then was as limitless as the stars in the night sky.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
“My mind did that quick mental calculation women must make when they find their exit blocked by a man they don’t know.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The next challenge begins January 2 ...more
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The next challenge begins January 2 ...more
50 Book Pledge
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— last activity Mar 07, 2021 10:50AM
This year, we're challenging the #50BookPledge community to read 150,000 books! Sign up for the 50 Book Pledge at http://50bookpledge.ca and pledge t ...more
This year, we're challenging the #50BookPledge community to read 150,000 books! Sign up for the 50 Book Pledge at http://50bookpledge.ca and pledge t ...more
Historical Fictionistas
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Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
Unexpected Readathon Time / Books Out of the Blue
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— last activity Sep 30, 2024 05:27AM
OFFICIAL GOODREADS GROUP OF THE "BOOKS OUT OF THE BLUE" DISCORD SERVER! I love doing impromptu readathons, but they're not as much fun without buddie ...more
OFFICIAL GOODREADS GROUP OF THE "BOOKS OUT OF THE BLUE" DISCORD SERVER! I love doing impromptu readathons, but they're not as much fun without buddie ...more
Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
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Our next readathon will be October 26, 2024. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time October 26th, and end at 8am October 27th.. ...more
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Our next readathon will be October 26, 2024. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time October 26th, and end at 8am October 27th.. ...more
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