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An education in love: City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert, reviewed

22 June 2019

9:00 AM

22 June 2019

9:00 AM

One of the chief regrets of book-loving women of my age — and a surprising number of men — is that no one writes novels like Love in a Cold Climate and The Dud Avocado any more. I’m talking about the brand of romantic misadventure written with such wit, verve and emotional honesty that you feel you’ve washed down 100 life lessons within a vodka martini.

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