"It was always the view of my parents," Emily said, "that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people. Fewer layers of clothing, a thousand more places to meet. Out of doors, out of control. Your grandmother especially was uneasy when it was summer. She would dream up a thousand reasons to keep my sisters and me in the house."
--Atonement, by Ian McEwan
It's difficult for a book to make me sob out loud, but this one did. If you're an Anglophiliac who loves repression and tragically beautiful love stories, this one's for you. I like books that don't take the easy way out. They end horribly, and simply. And the film does not disappoint. Even ole' flat face Keira Knightley didn't ruin it for me. And James McAvoy...hot tamale! He is one sexy Scot.
Currently reading: You Suck by Christopher Moore (pretty funny) and No Reservations by Anthony Bourdain (Tony being his smarmy self--with crappy digital pictures!)
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I cried too :'-(
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