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Read The Peregrine by J. A Baker

Utterly fascinating narrator. A man trying with extreme fortitude to remove himself from himself. A friend said that it was as if he was suicidal, but had not quite figured it out yet. The detestation of humanity, and the deep, swelling love of the peregrines that fill every fluid, desperate clause come across with piercing clarity and heartbreaking ardor. I would seek more information on Baker, but that would almost be a betrayal: he has not written this book, as one might expect, to give us a part of his conscious, personal self, but to give us his own annihilation (or attempt), to demonstrate his vision of splendor in dying contrast to his own misery.

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The Peregrine

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The Peregrine

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This valley has its own peculiar loneliness. Steep pastures, lined with elms, slope down to flat fields and marshes. The narrow shining estuary diminishes as the lanes descend. The sudden loneliness and peace one sees, far down between the elms, changes to a different desolation when the River-wall is reached.

- J. A. Baker, The Peregrine

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The Undercurrent ~ @thewriterjude @bloodhoundbooks #Review J A Warnock

The Undercurrent ~ @thewriterjude @bloodhoundbooks #Review J A Warnock

  Phoebe and her disabled husband, Martyn, move into a new house in a village on the edge of County Durham. They plan to lead a quiet existence, a set up that suits them both.

Then Anna, who lives over the road and is bored of spending her days alone, seeks friendship with Phoebe and events take a dark turn.

Phoebe has secrets and is haunted by her past and Anna’s arrival in her life may prove…

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