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Six Degrees of Separation. Making the related jumps from book to book. Stay with me.
We begin with --
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| Land by Maggie O'Farrell A story about a family and particularly special plot of land on a peninsula in Ireland. |
First degree --
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| North Woods by Daniel Mason One plot of land and everything that happened on that spot over the history of the country. A very clever way of thinking about the past. |
Second Degree --
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| Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver This time the story is about a house and how it changed over the years with each of its new inhabitants. |
3rd Degree--
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| The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Another story about a house and the siblings who grow up in it. It is also about inheritance and loss. |
4th Degree --
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| We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson This might seem like a big leap but there are also two siblings in this story living alone in the big house with an uncle. What happened to rest of the family? Were they murdered? |
5th degree--
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| The Turn of the Screw by Henry James A young governess comes to take of care two children, wards of an uncle. Either the house or the rounds are haunted. Are the ghosts up to no good? |
6th Degree --
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| The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde A ghost tries to scare away the new inhabitants of Canterville Chase by resorting to all his haunting tricks. The family refuses to believe in him no matter what he does. |
I had no idea where this chain would lead especially going from a lovely story about a particular piece of land in Ireland and ending up with a silly ghost who is a wash-out and can't even scare people anymore.
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