Jennifer Braun

Lit mostly, a bit of music. Trying to ignore the politics.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

For more is to be said and to be done
Than out of anger can be utterèd. #Shakespeare2024
Seems appropriate for the VP debate night.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Miss_Mainwaring @DykasMary @sadiebklyn @Christina5004 It is what kings did, back then, go fight a holy war, for their sins.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Christina5004 @JamesKel1 Sounds like a cat, I am sure she will want to hear more!

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Christina5004 @JamesKel1 How did June like it?

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@HorowitzKarin Maybe not

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

She knew well enough you did not love her son: she trusted you not to betray him by marrying him. It would be horrible to force her to hate you. . .unthinkable. #DustyAnswer2024 This female bond seems startling to suddenly appear in Judith. Is it Jennifer after all?

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@literatureSC Yes, and it is true as we age we judge differently then we had when we were younger. We regroup our people into different categories, I suppose we call this wisdom.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Christina5004 @HorowitzKarin 😂😅

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Christina5004 Uh oh.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Christina5004 Exactly, too young to see the bigger picture of her life.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Christina5004 @MoMcGran That is a lovely thought, but Judith seems to be stuck with Rody mania. Can she make the jump to a fulfilling life on her own ? She has money, the usual sticking point for women in this era.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@HorowitzKarin Beautiful, illustrates that scene perfectly.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@joiedevivre9 I love how it is nonspecific, without personality, individuality, as an army or horde, invading grownups lives.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

I read this all in one go this afternoon. I think she goes through the entire book without saying exactly how many children she has? Or did I miss something. I am mum till everyone is finished, but I will say I enjoyed the psychiatric scenes immensely. #PumpkinEater #NYRBWomen24

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@Christina5004 It is lingering. . . .

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@HorowitzKarin I guess there were no thunderstorms! I had thought there was a deeper meaning to his mealymouthedness than Peter Pan Syndrome , but maybe I will be disappointed?? Poor Judith, I fear her future. 😅

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@literatureSC @imnjupiter @Christina5004 @Miss_Mainwaring @jake_longini I think there is plenty of plot, but don't mind me, it is just one woman's thoughts at one moment in time. 😍

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

@literatureSC @Miss_Mainwaring @Christina5004 @jake_longini I am enjoying Dance well enough, I think I am secretly yearning for Proust, perhaps even the time of our confinement, when we all gathered around the fire of the Duchesses, the young girls, the love of Hawthorne trees, those gorgeous long sentences, the irrational love of men.

[Jennifer Braun @msjensf]

Chapter 2 seems only to continue the questions begun in Ch 1, mostly who is Judith to hook up with, of course, but also what is the deal with the mother, what is wrong with Marielle, and why oh why doe Judith still yearn for Roddy? #DustyAnswer2024