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Alison Lurie

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There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.


— Alison Lurie


#life #life

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.


— Alison Lurie


#burning #cookies #explosives #fills #hot

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.


— Alison Lurie


#europe #future #living #must #observe

We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.


— Alison Lurie


#dress #impossible #language #lie #naked






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Evidently the setting was moved from upstate New York to the English coast. The parents flirt and contemplate adultery while the children learn what they can about themselves and the world. Miranda’s son Charles marries Celia Leonard Zimmern’s daughter in the story “In the Shadow.

Alison Lurie (born September 3 1926) is an American novelist and academic. Although better known as a novelist Alison Lurie has also written numerous non-fiction books and articles particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.

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