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[books 2012] Among Others
Jun. 5th, 2012 08:28 pm33. Among Others by Jo Walton
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nwhyte on one of those rare occasions when I was at a real computer so could move over to another tab and reserve it at the library.
This is a completely wonderful book. It's about a girl from the Welsh Valleys who, due to family difficulties, has to go live with her father, except he's posh(ish) English so actually she gets sent to a distinctly third-rate English boarding school. But she still sees fairies, and does magic, and eventually finds other people who share her love of science fiction.
Mostly, it's for everybody who only survived childhood because of public libraries, and who grew up feeling they didn't belong.
I can't do this one justice, so I'm not even going to try. I loved it so much I was about to buy my own copy, which I never do when I've read something from the library. As I'm having a temporary cash flow problem, it's going to have to wait, but I will have my own copy one day.
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nwhyte on one of those rare occasions when I was at a real computer so could move over to another tab and reserve it at the library.This is a completely wonderful book. It's about a girl from the Welsh Valleys who, due to family difficulties, has to go live with her father, except he's posh(ish) English so actually she gets sent to a distinctly third-rate English boarding school. But she still sees fairies, and does magic, and eventually finds other people who share her love of science fiction.
Mostly, it's for everybody who only survived childhood because of public libraries, and who grew up feeling they didn't belong.
I can't do this one justice, so I'm not even going to try. I loved it so much I was about to buy my own copy, which I never do when I've read something from the library. As I'm having a temporary cash flow problem, it's going to have to wait, but I will have my own copy one day.
