Word: braced
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's predominance was not at all apparent at the outset as after the first nine holes, only Peter Smith had a clear advantage in his match. Edwards had carded a 38 going out but was still trailing, as his opponent holed out a brace of transcontinental putts...
...rather than trying to resurrect the victim he is content to hold a nice Irish wake, full of funny stories and bittersweet memories and a lot of healthy reminiscences about the dear departed. As anyone who has ever attended an Irish wake knows, there's no better way to brace yourself for a funeral than to mix your tears with a few good laughs. In that vein, Corry's book is about the best tribute to a vanished way of life that any Irishman could wish...
...against her husband ("I married a monster, I think") and a hustling Hollywood producer who, she says, flimflammed her on the film rights to the bestselling first novel. Before she gets around to making the final break with Dr. Wing, Isadora has a lesbian affair, checks in with a brace of former lovers (male), flies West to work on her film, and there finds the vacant, curiously dippy Josh, a 27-year-old aspiring screenwriter who is to be the love of her life. For now, anyway, Isadora composes lines to him that read like hard-core Kahlil Gibran...
...ALEC NISBETT 240 pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich...
...pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich...