The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Author:Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray [Benedict, Marie & Murray, Victoria Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780593101551
Google: GHr7DwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0593101537
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-06-28T23:00:00+00:00

I pause and smile. Bernard begins every communication this way.

What have you done to me? I cannot sleep. I cannot eat. I cannot even find pleasure in the art that adorns the walls of my home, I Tatti; paintings by Giotto and Veneziano do not compare to you. In all the world, in all this time, there has been no woman who has touched me like you, my Belle . . .

His letter goes on to tell me how much he has fallen for me, even though we’ve only been together on a few occasions. These proclamations do not seem overwrought or trite because I share his feelings. With each letter he sends me, I fall deeper under his spell.

I write to Bernard as well, but my duties prevent me from doing this daily, so I keep a running journal of sorts and post it to him regularly. After lingering over his letter, I crawl under my covers, pen and paper in hand, and write.

Did you like the miniature portrait of myself I sent to you? I know it’s no Giotto but I hope it helps you imagine me in Greenwich Village last evening at a pub with old school friends, sipping beer and yammering away about the way they’re working to shift our society. They challenge me to stretch and to become the best woman possible, to use my unique position for a larger purpose. I want to be that woman for myself, and I want to be that woman for you . . .

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