@charleswiegand.bsky.social“Life forces enough final decisions on us," Mrs. Oastler continued. "We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.”
--John Winslow Irving (1942- )
From “Until I Find You” (2005) Spoken by the character Leslie Oastler
@readribbet.bsky.social#TheLastChairlift is a #JohnIrving 800 pg tome which focuses on a ski instructor single mother & her son. Exploring ussues of sexual identity & politics, interesting people enter (and exit) their lives challenging the conventional norms of family, marriage & relationships.
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@readribbet.bsky.social#JohnIrving returns to the orphanage of Cider House Rules in #QueenEsther - an orphaned Jewish girl whose life has been shaped by antisemitism. The story shifts to her son James as it explores other themes. Events from the middle east conflict shape the ending of the book.
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@joanvanderwereld.bsky.socialThe way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way you would never do anything.
—John Irving
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@mikedea.bsky.socialAfter years of writing marketing content, I started writing #bookreviews to engage with my love of books, giving #recommendations based on what casual readers and writers would get out of it. Check out my thoughts on #theworldaccordingtogarp by #Johnirving