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Wish You Were Here
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Mrs. Murphy Mystery: Book 1

Wish You Were Here (1991) (edit title/settings)

by Rita Mae Brown (Author) (edit contributors)

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Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy--and her human companion, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder. ... read more

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  • “Of course, the good woman would die of shock to discover that God was a cat and therefore humans were off the board entirely.”
  • “...linking man and ape was an insult to the ape.”
  • “Marilyn belonged to that steel-jawed set of woemn who were honorary men.”
  • “...maybe we don't know each other as well as we think we do. It's a small-town illusion - thinking we know each other.”
    Susan
  • “She understood, but was loath to admit that the animals trained her far better than she trained them.”
  • “Curiosity rarely killed the cat, but it certainly got humans in trouble.”
  • “Humans fascinated Mrs. Murphy. Their time was squandered in pursuing nonessential objects. Food, clothing, and shelter weren't enough for them, and they drove themselves and everyone around them crazy, including animals, for their toys.”
  • “What she couldn't accept was that these creatures worked and worked and then didn't enjoy what they worked for; they were too busy paying for things they couldn't afford.”
  • “Their <human's> fears and their inability to comprehend how animals are connected, including themselves, would bring everyone to a sorry state.”
  • “The further humans move from nature, the crazier they get. In the end it's what will destroy them.”
    Mrs. Murphy
  • “But humans are much more like sheep than cats. They're easily led and they don't look where they're going until it's too late.”
    Pewter
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  • It had never once occurred to her in her long and relatively happy life that evil is ordinary.
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  • What she couldn’t accept was that these creatures worked and worked and then didn’t enjoy what they worked for; they were too busy paying for things they couldn’t afford. By the time they paid for the toy it was worn out and they wanted another one. Worse, they weren’t satisfied with themselves. They were always on some self-improvement jag. This astonished Mrs. Murphy. Why couldn’t people just be? But they couldn’t just be—they had to be the best. Poor sick things. No wonder they died from diseases they brought on themselves.
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  • ‘A woman marries a man hoping to change him and a man marries a woman hoping she’ll never change.’ ”
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  • “Too independent.” Yes, many people say that, Harry thought to herself, and all of them are fascists.
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Mary Minor Haristeen, Harry to her friends, trotted along the railroad track.

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  • Doozy: Comes from Dusenberg. The Dusenberg was a beautiful, expensive care in the 1920's but to own one you also needed a mechanic. It broke down constantly. So a doozy is something spectacular and bad.

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This is book 1 of 22 in Mrs. Murphy Mystery. (standard series)

Followed by Rest in Pieces.

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  1. Rita Mae Brown (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0553287532
Page Count: 320

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