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Title: Last House: Reflections, Dreams, and Observations 1943-1991 by M. F. K. Fisher ISBN: 0-679-77411-4 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A sharp, unsparing honesty
Comment: These autobiographical essays can be returned to again and again for the beauty of the writing and the startling frankness of the writer. The earlier essays explore the experiences that shaped her - trips to her beloved France, caring for an aging and difficult father, lifelong regret over an impulsive rejection of her sister, musings on literary characters, minor thieving, incidents that retain their emotional charge over decades.

The second half of the book is a portrait of her own aging and increasing illness - her rages, fears and love of life. Whether baring her soul or keeping a whimsical distance, Fisher's writing has an immediacy that connects with the reader.

Rating: 5
Summary: brutally honest, reflections on ageing
Comment: I marveled at her honesty, such as resenting looking after an ageing father or her unsent, unsympathetic letter to an elderly friend, her frustration and rage at her own diminishing health and her observation that none of us is prepared for the inevitible process leading to death.

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