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Thanks, Betsy! I've got Manhattan Beach waiting for me as well. My favorite book by Egan is The Keep. A wild, hyperrealist romp.

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I adore Bel Canto and Patrick O'Brien's books and now I want to read Manhattan Beach. Thanks as always for the thoughtful words.

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Bel Canto was the book on my mother's bedside table prior to the massive stroke that killed her... I treasure it as you treasure your read of Manhattan Beach, a book on my all-time favorite list, in part, because she challenged my prodigious vocabulary as well as my vision of history. Great, reflective blog post, Betsy!

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My mom read Bel Canto nit long after her stroke in 2012 and loved it. A year later she saw it in the library and asked if I'd read it. I saw she didn't remember it so I told her she should read it. She did and loved it...again.

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