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John Irving, John Irving: The Hotel New Hampshire (1981, Dutton) 4 stars

"The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by …

Review of 'The Hotel New Hampshire' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This book, when I first read it, was the right book at the right time; I needed these ideas, characters and story lines. Never having a real and whole family of my own, this family showed me the possible ways that members of a (loving) family might react to a variety of situations.