

The mystery has persisted even almost a century after Agatha Christie’s disappearance. Agatha’s husband would later ascribe the author’s disappearance to “memory loss”. It appeared that she had earlier checked in under the assumed name of the rumoured mistress of her husband, Archibald. Agatha was found 11 days after at the Swan Hydro, a luxurious hotel in the spa town of Harrogate. A massive manhunt ensued which bizarrely involved two other authors, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy Sayers. Her beloved mother had recently passed away and there was growing discord and acrimony in the Christie household. In her mid-thirties, crime novelist Agatha Christie disappeared without explanation. (will keep for about a month, refrigerated) Let cool, then pour into a glass jar and seal tightly with a Top with another splash of seltzer, stir, and garnish with aĪdd the sugar and water to a small saucepan over medium heat Muddle these together until the leaves begin to break down.Īdd a splash of seltzer water, fill the glass ¾ with crushed Place the mint leaves in the bottom of an old-fashioned glass Prodigious amount of mint julep and gin rickey that I thought of making these: The characters in Cantor’s book seemed to have imbibed a That henceforth, they will take matters into their own hands.Ĭantor is so deft in her storytelling that at the end of theīook, we walk away cheering Daisy, Jordan, and Catherine with the thoughtĬrossing our minds that, “Hey, Mr Gatsby wasn’t that great after all” and that these beautiful women were most definitely not little fools.

Is an outcry running in this book that women have had enough of the patriarchy and Should be given the opportunities to run their lives on their own terms. That men are the answer to women’s aspirations and who believes that women Jordan Baker and her grit to succeed a male-dominated There’s Daisy Buchanan who has a back story to why she went Wake, a general impression of vapid, selfish women. Great Gatsby” as an open-and-shut murder and suicide case. That kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” And of course, there is the hot reverberating anger of Nick shoutingĪcross the lawn, “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together!” It may also be how the whole story ended – with a bang, literally.īeautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor (2022) Retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was There’s also that enunciated contemptĬareless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then Or it may be the beautiful conversations: sonorous, elegant,Īnd saturated with unarticulated meanings and desires. The disparateness in class and wealth, people can be happy and unhappy inĪlmost equal measures. It could be the realisation that notwithstanding Sultriness, and sophistication that envelope this book. Vision to improve himself and attain his dream. I first read this book more than twenty years ago and itĬontinues to be a favourite.
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