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Jul 27, 2017
Like another reader, I have read no other novels by Spark, but began this book hopefully. At first I was intrigued by the dilemma and the characters. Dame Lettie, for example, and the Grannies in the old-age home are memorable. But as the story wore on, with more gossipy flashbacks, it lost me, until I only skimmed the closing pages. The author makes her point about Death, but I ended without feeling satisfied.