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Book by Godden, Rumer
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1 author picked A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Rummer Godden’s autobiography A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep offers the stories, context, and sense of place for many of her novels. I so enjoyed her ability to write like a bright child thinks about the world, as well as how she is feeling. It is laugh-out-loud funny in spots, despite describing the dislocation of war.
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