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I Am Mary Dunne by Brian Moore
bookshelves: roman-catholic, published-1968, britain-n-ireland, under-500-ratings, one-penny-wonder, paper-read, winter-20142015, new-york, north-americas, dodgy-narrator, mental-health, lit-richer
Read from January 14 to February 18, 2015
Description: Mary has had several past lives and more than one husband - her true nature is revealed in this brilliant exploration of female desire and sexuality.
TO JEAN, MY WIFE
O body swayed to music,
O brightening glance,
How can we know
the dancer from the dance?
W B YEATS - 'Among School Children'
Withdrawn from Norfolk Library and Information Service
Opening: Cogito ergo sum. I close my eyes and go back sixteen years. Mother Marie-Thérèse writes it on the blackboard. Her arm is bare to the elbow: the sleeve of her habit is rolled up to avoid chalk dust. 'I think, therefore I am,' she says.
A day in the life of a dodgy narrator strung out with PMS (paranoid manic schizophrenia?).3* I Am Mary Dunne
4* The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
3* The Colour of Blood
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