John Bowen's The Girls
What a weird little book! (Complimentary.) I think I thought this would be dark and funny, and parts of it were, but I would describe the narrative voice more as “wry.” Anyway, this is the story of a lesbian couple living in a small town in England in the 1970s, and what happens when one goes on vacation to find herself, and the other sleeps with a young dude and ends up pregnant. Spoiler: what happens is murder. I loved this depiction of village life and Mrs Marshall especially was *chef's kiss*. It was also kind of sad though. :( A-.
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