#beverly penn

[milksockets]

brooches by beverly penn, 1990 in one of a kind: american art jewelry today - susan grant lewin (1994)

[milksockets]

'for the roses' neck piece by beverly penn, 1991 in one of a kind: american art jewelry today - susan grant lewin (1994)

[orpheusdrinkinga40inadeathbasket]

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unrelated lyrics

I would dive in a freezing river, Set fire to a hundred men If I could for just one time Love somebody the way that he loved Beverly Penn

[xxskycrystalxx]

“What’s the best thing you’ve ever stolen?”

“I’m beginning to think I haven’t stolen it yet.”

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“Beverly… her name was Beverly.”

from love to loss. he was her miracle and he loved her so much that he couldn’t die.

[trulyhopelessromantic]

BRITT'S BOOKS '21

Book 11) Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin

pages: allegedly 748 pages in paperback, coz I listened to an audiobook of 1668 minutes ^_^

Started: June 2, 2021

Finished: September 21, 2021

Thoughts:

Here are some things I said on Goodreads plus some extra commentary that I added later after reading another commenter's review ^_^

I think I like the movie's narrative better in relation to the focus on Peter, Pearly, Beverly, Virginia, Willa, Abby & the "is it possible to love someone so completely they cannot die" & angels, demons & evil vs miracles (everyone gets 1)

I do not understand what the hell happened The City of Justice was a lake from the clouds? Or what the hell happened is this meant to be metaphorical or literal -there's a lot that does not make sense to me. I like the ending of the movie better even if the second half of the film felt rushed. To answer your question Mark, yes. (Don't want to spoil what the question was posed at the end of the novel).

[on the audiobook specifically] I'd like to add that I did enjoy the narration of this so that the characters had more distinct voices. Loved Peter Lake's voice especially.

A Winter's Tale has beautiful language in a very distinct style of writing. However, narratively there is a lot that does not connect without outside context. For myself at least the ending does not make a whole lot of sense of what actually occurred to end the story. Were there literal things happening or were there metaphorical things happening or was it a mixture of both? If you've seen the film, you'll recognize a few characters, themes, plot points and settings. But this book due to its length and its narrative definitely spreads over a lot more than the film dared to. Prepare to meet new characters without initial reason for their introduction in new, sometimes unpredictable scenes. Whiplash sometimes from it but generally all these characters will have purpose. One thing I will say about Mark Helprin's style is he really loves to use similes and metaphors as well as long lists of things —which can be fun but sometimes makes you lose a little bit of attention on what's being said and you don't consciously acknowledge everything that he said in the list because of its length. If this had been a series of books over more pages to enable the author to fill in some of the blanks that I feel the narrative has then I may have given a 4 out of 5 because of the very nice language used that I can appreciate.

Furthermore I'd also like to say I agree with another reviewer who said this novel shows that Mark Helprin is a good writer but not a good novelist. He's got the language and words down but not quite the plotline/narration ^_^

[barrydmore]

" The fever, it can make things wonderful. "

- Beverly Penn, the winter's tale

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