Brief review: The Forgiven by Lawrence Osborne
The Forgiven: A Novel
by Lawrence Osborne.
Life changing events sometimes need forgiveness.
If you experience a life-changing event, do you need to be forgiven? Are you responsible?
Osborne gives such a full and rich description of an opulent 3-day weekend party in Morocco, you can feel the heat. You’re irritated by the sand. He describes the poverty of the native inhabitants and their resourcefulness.
An exciting and pleasurable read. “She sat on the wall listening to the waterwheels in the forgetful sunshine, baking and content. To make the lizards scatter she kicked her sandals against the pale green cushion-like prickly pears. It was perfectly silent. The air smelled of cedars. The mountains shone, paradoxically, like ice, a brown, sullied ice that shines all the same. When the wind picked up the tassels of her dress and the hat’s ribbon, she felt herself fluttering all in one piece, with the coils of lemons brushing her tongue and a whiff of thyme.”
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by Ann Beattie. Novella. Interesting, but some parts seem undeveloped which is sometimes characteristic of a novella. That is understandable, but, still I felt like I was left in a situation that needed more explanation in  order for me to make sense of it.
by Deb Perelman
contains some excellent recipes. No shortcuts on ingredients but an emphasis on quality. Two recipes we’ve tried are Almond Date Breakfast Bars and Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Galette. The latter includes a great recipe for the crust.
A good mystery with some expected and very unexpected turns. Starts out in Brooklyn in neighborhoods we’ve visited. An enjoyable read.
 by Karen Solomon.  Really useful book for preserving foods.
Obituary average age. October 30, 2014: 76.92
This is the eleventh day I’ve been collecting this data.
The mean of  obituary average ages using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, 74.11,71.27,68.82, 76.92} at Wolfram alpha is 69.1.
A quote that caught my eye from one of the obituaries:
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