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Newsletter · By Caroline Donahue · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    The Mars House: Debrief THREE (opens the original)

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    Welcome The Tattooed Governess’s slow read of The Mars House by Natasha Pulley.Discussed: Chapters 10-12**Please note: if you haven’t completed CHAPTER TWELVE, this debrief contains spoilers.<img

  2. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    The Mars House: Debrief TWO (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Tattooed Governess’s slow read of The Mars House by Natasha Pulley.Discussed: Chapters 6-9**Please note: if you haven’t completed CHAPTER NINE, this debrief contains spoilers.<img a

  3. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    The Mars House: Debrief ONE (opens the original)

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    Before we begin I want to kick us off with a poem that I happened to be reading as I was preparing this debrief. It’s by Jillian Hanson, in her debut collection that came out earlier this year, 2026, as I record this. The collection is called To Begin Again. It felt like it was speaking directly to the events of this week’s pages, so I wanted to read it for you before we cover the synopsis. It’s called “Dive in or Drown.”There will come a time when no amount of rhetoric or musclewill prevent the

  4. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    Winners and What’s on in September! (opens the original)

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    <img alt="A green box with a white box on top, decorated with white ribbon. Image text overlay: "governess season: we have winners"" class="sizing-normal" height="1048" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c2Ua!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progre

  5. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    The Mars House (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the Slow Read of The Mars HouseI’m Caroline Donahue, and I’m here to set you up for a successful slow read of The Mars House by Natasha Pulley.We’ll be reading about 40 pages a week. This is a shorter page count than we’ve had in previous slow reads, partly because there is so much to dive into in this book, and partly because this time of year we are especially likely to be busy. I wanted to make it manageable. I also wanted to make it less intimidating, because I know that for many

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