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Standard Deviation

Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiney. It’s about Asperger’s, origami and marriage – set in New York. Nothing terribly much happens, but it is very brilliant.

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  1. Cindy says

    June 6, 2017 at 8:54 am

    Thank you this sounds right up my alley.

    I started that Eleanor Oliphant book yesterday and omg I’m finding it almost painful to read. I winced in recognition at buying the Telegraph just for the cryptic crossword in the first few pages and then it got worse. I asked my husband if he thought it was weird to identify quite so much with such an eccentric and unselfaware character and he gave me a kind but long -suffering smile so there’s my answer I guess.

    I’m reading The City and the City at the moment – interesting premise but only ok. I’ve got Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders and Bossypants by Tina Fey in the Kindle sale so looking forward to those.

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  2. Sophie says

    June 6, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    Cindy, surely nobody buys the Telegraph for anything else? It only contained the crossword and some celebrity tittle-tattle the last time I looked!

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    • Cindy says

      June 6, 2017 at 2:56 pm

      Well exactly, but why go out of your way to buy it just for the crossword? It is the best one though. However, it was more that sparking a kind of benign recognition and then it getting more uncomfortable thereafter x

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  3. serenknitity says

    June 6, 2017 at 3:06 pm

    I only buy the Telegraph for the crossword. It is my Saturday treat to test my brain for dementia. Most of the rest goes straight to the recycling.

    I read ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow’ last year, and am excited she has written a novel. The stories were fab though. I will wait for the paperback – can’t be doing with hardbacks

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