The man who loved children
by Christina Stead · first published 1940
100% recommend
After ten years of marriage, Sam and Henny Pollit find themselves with too many children, insufficient money, and an abundant loathing for each other.
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I suspect that I would never have finished The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead if I had followed that rule. As a matter of fact, page 120 might not have sufficed. It stopped me once, in my 20s, but when I picked it up in my 50s and pushed on, I was very glad I…
on “Nancy Pearl’s Rule of 50 for dropping a bad book” ↗FWIW, the best book I ever read at the beach was The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead. Enjoy your vacation!
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