Morag Heads West

[prairiecity]

"The train clonks on and on. Through the prairies. She looks out at the flat lands, which from the train window could not ever tell you anything about what they are. The grain elevators, like stark strange towers. The small bluffs of scrub oak and poplar. In Ontario, bluff means something else--a ravine, a small precipice? She's never really

Comments

[stalkingsilence]

I fucking love this book.

[prairiecity]

it's my fave, for sure. i used to read it every autumn, but i haven't picked it up in a few years. it's amazing how differently i relate to the characters at different times in my life.

[isleofvan]

Oh, just rip my heart out already.

[prairiecity]

up next in this year's instalment of february book club: excerpts from the bell jar.

[eunice_eunice]

I read the Bell Jar every January for like 4 years in a row, because I'm like, soooooooooo mentally healthy. I do so love the Diviners, always and forever. OH GAWD MORAG.

[prairiecity]

i haven't ever read the bell jar, but this DID seem like a good time to dive into some toni morrisson!

[eunice_eunice]

our continued friendship is contingent on you reading the bell jar

[prairiecity]

duly noted. give me until the end of the summer, yeah?