The Muse Letter

The Muse Letter

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The Muse Letter
The Muse Letter
Recommended Reading: Summer Edit

Recommended Reading: Summer Edit

The Muse Letter No. 191

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Aftersun (2022)

Purple, pink and blue cornflowers on the table, next to it a stack of books, an iced green juice, the open balcony door with the sound of incessant sparrows picking from the bird feeder: it’s mid July and summer finally has found its way to Scotland.

There are two things I want from a summer read:

  1. I want it to draw me in like a hammock swaying between two trees.

  2. I want that feeling of reading it in one sitting.

The following six books comply with both.

Recommended Reading: Summer Edit

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