Weather: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION: A Novel

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The novel received mostly positive reviews, with favorable comparisons to Offill's previous novel, Dept.This book contains very accurate information about the weather and is explained in a narrative style which makes it easier for the reader to understand it. These seasons all are depicted with different colors in the book and each season has various images. Rather than a linear story we’re presented with clipped sections of text surrounding the life of Lizzie Benson, a librarian and mother living on the east coast of America.

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For example, if it is windy outside the students would be able to fly their kites because of the strong winds. This one shares many of the same traits - a narrative largely dominated by random thoughts, some of which are interesting and perceptive, with a simple narrative arc that mostly stays in the background. I think that this book is a good educational book for them to read so that they can learn all about the weather in the easiest way possible. Lizzie is the narrator and the book is about her and her husband Ben and their son Eli who is in elementary grade school. The Met Office issues warnings for rain, thunderstorms, wind, snow, lightning, ice, extreme heat and fog.After I read her last one, which I found forgettable, I would hear women slightly younger than me glow on about it on podcasts, best read of the last decade, etc. It is important to be on the alert for “the decisive moment,” says the man next to me who is talking to his date. It’s a little headier than I like, but strangely I didn’t mind—probably because she isn’t hoity-toity.