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Date Posted: Mon, September 18 2023, 5:01:32
Author: Kathy in PA
Subject: QOTD for Monday, September 18, 2023. From “Outlander” written by Diana Gabaldon and published in 1991




Prologue

People disappear all the time. Ask any policeman. Better yet, ask a journalist. Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.

Young girls run away from home. Young children stray from their parents and are never seen again. Housewives reach the end of their tether and take the grocery money and a taxi to the station. International financiers change their names and vanish into the smoke of imported cigars.

Many of the lost will be found, eventually, dead or alive. Disappearances, after all, have explanations.

Usually.




And so it all began 32 years ago!!! I was 36 and sure read that prologue with a different mindset than I have today. It’s so dark.

I almost passed on Outlander after seeing it on a list of “Books That Changed Your Life.” When I asked for it at the library the librarian said, “Oh, you mean that time travel one?” I don’t read sci fi but thank goodness for old fashioned cover art because that kilt, sword, and especially the old fashioned broken clock, grabbed me.

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[> I picked up and returned Outlander to the shelf in the bookstore several times before I took a chance on it. Couldn't wrap my mind around the time travel aspect....Best book decision I ever made! -- Janet, Mon, September 18 2023, 10:39:15


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[> [> Agreed!! How about trying to tell someone how great is but just tumbling over words and story because it’s so different. -- Kathy in PA, Tue, September 19 2023, 14:18:37


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[> It's funny; many years ago my Mom loaned me Outlander. It sat in a To Be Read pile for quite a long time because the cover didn't appeal to me. (It was the one with the broken clock.) When I finally started it, of course I raced through it and the next three! -- DianaH, Wed, September 20 2023, 7:39:39


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