Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Short novel from 1920 about divorce. The narrator is an exuberant, indiscreet teenage girl who is excited by the novelty of her parents' divorce and is keen to scrutinize everything to do with it. Obviously, this "Isn't divorce fun?" stuff isn't intended to wear long. It's a think-of-the-children book, but Porter isn't too glib  and gives things an appearance of unfolding naturally. The ending is rather unique and almost shocking.  Well worth the read.

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