Stop giving prizes to someone who would use such a phrase, it sets an awful precedent to would-be writers
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If I had been an acquiring editor and someone sent me the ms of Housekeeping and I read that line I would have rejected it right then and there and I’m not sure I would’ve regretted it
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Please do not explain Marilynne Robinson or first person narration or literature to me, just unfollow or block me or just move on with your precious life
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I’m willing to concede that your taste is superior to mine if you’re willing to concede that I do not care
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...also it seems that awakening actually eschewed her?
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War correspondent. Had to be concise.
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Without further context I wouldn't even read that as "died", I'd read it as she just didn't want to get out of bed.
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The very sentence that caused me to stop reading that book.
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