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Making things better

Anita Brookner

2002275 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2002
first published
  • 2003Random House · 275 pages · ENGISBN 9780375508882
  • 2003Center Point Pub. · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9781585473199
  • 2004Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 275 pages · ENGISBN 9781400031061
  • —Viking · ENG
NeutralStandard readGeneral Psychology

"Making Things Better captures the quandaries of aging: the misunderstanding of an increasingly modern, alien world, awkward conversations with passersby; even more awkward encounters with longtime friends and acquaintances; the anxieties posed by age and uncertainty - and the bizarre, magnificent self-knowledge that perhaps only age, reflection, and experience can bring."--BOOK JACKET.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
ComplexityLayered
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