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Quicksands

by Sybille Bedford

In this superb and distinctive memoir, published shortly before her death in February 2006, Sybille Bedford takes us on an epic personal journey from World War I Berlin, via the artists' and writers' bohemia of the Cote d'Azur in the I 920s, to post-World War II London, New York. Paris and Rome. Sybille Bedford's life was that of the freespirited, committed artist: precarious, passionate and frequently impoverished. At the same time, it was a life richly lived: full of danger, fun, lovers, art and writing.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?