When the World Was Steady by Claire Messud

When the World Was Steady

Claire Messud

368 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
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In this highly acclaimed novel, life isn't all Emmy and Virginia Simpson anticipated. When Emmy's marriage ends, she flees her home in Sydney to "find herself" on the island of Bali--only to become embroiled with a crew of international misfits an...

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Moods

reflective 100%
sad 100%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

N/A: 100%

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2.9

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