Materfamilias Writes

More Atkinson

More Atkinson

I recently reread Kate Atkinsons’ Behind the Scenes at the Museum, some 13 or so years after I read it with a book club. This time, I was motivated by my friend Tanis who moved…

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kristeva again, and Kate Atkinson’s When Will There Be Good News

kristeva again, and Kate Atkinson’s When Will There Be Good News

So it turns out that when you spend a night helping a new baby be born and then spends several hour a day for the next few days helping that little one’s parents get some…

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Hallowe’en and abject horror

Hallowe’en and abject horror

I think this might be the first Hallowe’en ever that I have neither dressed up nor carved a pumpkin (above is last year’s) nor bought candy to hand out to cute little costumed-up people (rarely…

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