<div><div>Requiescat in pace, Shirley. I read Transit of Venus years back, and was underwhelmed. My mother was a big fan - I think she actually knew her via her international feminist activities. I still have a mental image of Bay of Noon on my mother's bookshelf. Do you recommend Great Fire over that one?</div><div><br/></div><div>Laura </div><div><br/></div><div><font style="color:#333333"><i>Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID</i></font></div></div><br><br>Becky Lindroos <bekah0176@sbcglobal.net> wrote:<br><br>Shirley Hazzard, the Australian-American author, has died. Sad - if you haven’t read anything by her I recommend Transit of Venus (1980) or The Great Fire (2003) - both super award-winners. Her earlier Bay of Noon was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1970 . <br><br>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/14/shirley-hazzard-internationallyacclaimed-australian-author-dies-at-85<br><br>Becky<br>https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com<br><br><br><br><br>-<br>Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l<br>