Book Review: From Elizabeth Taylor to Carlos vicuña Fuentes

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Forbidden To Die Here, by Elizabeth Taylor (Books of the Asteroid)A rainy Sunday in London Mrs. Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel. She has just widowed and settled in one of the rooms intended for retired and elderly women with little resources. The first day seems endless to her. “You don’t have to want life to pass as quickly as possible,” says “Be independent; never give in to melancholy; never spend your capital,” she thinks, determined…