{"id":5147,"date":"2012-06-02T06:30:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2012-06-02T06:31:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T11:31:02","slug":"done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=5147","title":{"rendered":"Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just finished “I shall wear midnight”<\/p>\n

Having been through them all, there is nothing I can say to disparage Pratchett, and it is very easy to see why people love him. <\/p>\n

I can also see how these books fit so many different age groups. There’s a moment early in “I shall wear Midnight” where Tiffany Aching’s father has a conversation with her about the work she does:<\/p>\n

Her father looked at her with a kind of proud puzzlement. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnd you think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth it, do you?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcYes, Dad!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThen I am proud of you, jiggit, you are doing a man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s job!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Terry Pratchett. I Shall Wear Midnight (Kindle Locations 500-502). HarperCollins. <\/em><\/p>\n

A teenager would read this book and pass over this line, but it flies off the page to me in glowing letters, for I too have a child of whom I am unspeakably proud. <\/p>\n

it’s a little unfair that pratchett can play these emotions so easily and so well, but all we can hope for is that he has several more left in him. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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