Title: February House- Author: Sherill Tippins
- Year Published: 2005 (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Year Purchased: 2008
- Source: Daedalus Books
- About: The true story of how Carson McCullers, Paul and Jane Bowles, Benjamin Britten, Gypsy Rose Lee and W.H. Auden all came to live under one roof, in a Brooklyn brownstone, during the early 1940’s.
- Motivation: The combination of Auden and McCullers, and the quirky communal living aspect, was irresistible.
- Times Read: 1
- Random Excerpt/Page 111: “And now-running after the fire engine, laughing, and shivering in the night air-Carson experienced the moment of illumination for which she had been praying. The key to her novel, the image that would allow her to continue, had emerged at last. “I caught Gypsy’s arm,” she would recall, “and out of breath said, ‘Frankie is in love with her brother and his bride and wants to become a member of the wedding!’
- Happiness Scale: 7
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Love the “random excerpt” and “happiness scale.” Unique way of “grading” a book – thanks. : )
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Thanks! Since I will be doing one of these a day for the next year, I want to keep them brief but descriptive (unlike a regular book review).
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