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Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
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really liked it
bookshelves: audiobook, contemporary, female-main-character, fiction, thematic, translated, autofiction

I loved this whimsical, beauriful, sparse yet poetic style. Unnamed protagionists are my favourite an the exploration of this woman in her forties who has lived her life in one place, one city, unmarried and without children and is asking and yet also satisfied with the answer to who would I be if I took another road. The Italian title is 'Where Am I?' Which I think works really well, but whereabouts also conveys the flexibility of the future and the past. The going forward but also acknowledging you always leave a plate in your old home.

I absolutely loved this book.
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Reading Progress

September 16, 2021 – Started Reading
September 16, 2021 – Shelved
September 16, 2021 – Shelved as: audiobook
September 16, 2021 – Shelved as: fiction
September 16, 2021 – Shelved as: female-main-character
September 16, 2021 – Shelved as: contemporary
September 16, 2021 – Shelved as: translated
September 16, 2021 – Shelved as: thematic
September 16, 2021 – Finished Reading
October 15, 2021 – Shelved as: autofiction

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