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The girl with the dogs

di Anna Funder

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46	5	550,826	(4.15)	10
The Girl with the Dogs is a poignantly beautiful novella about what's really precious in life, from Miles Franklin Award-winning Anna Funder, author of All That I Am. Amid the debris of their friends' marriages, Tess and Dan have hit the middle years relatively unscathed. But Tess senses she's at a hinge moment, poised between the life she thought she wanted and the one she long ago decided against. The demands of her Sydney family seem unrelenting: an uneasy teenage daughter, a father who has just been placed in care, the impending sale of her childhood home. Sent to London for a conference, she's unable to resist the pull of that relinquished life. What, she wonders, would it be like now? And might it have suited her better after all?… (altro)

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A sweet novella about starts and endings. Anna Funder is a fine author, and enjoyable even in small doses like this one. (

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PhilipJHunt | Feb 4, 2020 |

A quick read about a short period in time that brings the past sharply forward. Situations and characters that can be easily identified with in a story that feels bigger than it is. (

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AngelaJMaher | Nov 25, 2019 |

I sympathize a bit with the reviewers (esp pearl necklace) who are turned off by the the protagonist's demographic and her midlife concerns, but the gotcha scene in the care home was so damn funny that this gets four stars from me.

Generational turn-abouts are in more than fair play here and Funder's depiction of Tess' observations of her milieux feel wryly accurate. (

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nkmunn | Nov 17, 2018 |

This brief novella explores the might-have-beens that humans often wonder about, and that social media has made ever so much more explore-able. I liked it. (

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nittnut | Sep 5, 2018 |

(7.5)I had failed to review this book at the time of reading it and discovered I had little or no memory of the story. I started rereading it as a prompt and as it was only 57 pages in length, more short story than novella, and I was quickly drawn in, I completed it.
Tess is a well-drawn professional woman in early middle-age dealing with balancing full-time work, a young family and an aging father with dementia. When an opportunity arises to reconnect with her previous lover , she seizes it and it gives her a renewed perspective on the life she has chosen. (

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HelenBaker | Dec 31, 2017 |

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The Girl with the Dogs is a poignantly beautiful novella about what's really precious in life, from Miles Franklin Award-winning Anna Funder, author of All That I Am. Amid the debris of their friends' marriages, Tess and Dan have hit the middle years relatively unscathed. But Tess senses she's at a hinge moment, poised between the life she thought she wanted and the one she long ago decided against. The demands of her Sydney family seem unrelenting: an uneasy teenage daughter, a father who has just been placed in care, the impending sale of her childhood home. Sent to London for a conference, she's unable to resist the pull of that relinquished life. What, she wonders, would it be like now? And might it have suited her better after all?

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