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The Girls, by Emma Cline; American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, by Jeffrey Toobin

January 3, 2017

It was pure serendipity that I read these books back-to-back in the space of a week last fall. I read …

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Late Summer Reading!

July 18, 2016

I adopted a puppy almost a year ago, not realizing how completely she would consume pretty much every waking hour …

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In the Unlikely Event, by Judy Blume

August 5, 2015

You know those conversations when a bunch of people (often English majors) confess what they are embarrassed not to have …

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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson

June 3, 2015

SPOILER ALERT: it sinks like a rock. But you knew that, right?  And if you didn’t, believe me when I …

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Florence Gordon, by Brian Morton

January 31, 2015

Florence Gordon is seventy-five – a smart, opinionated and cranky feminist icon who pretty much drives her family and friends …

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The Pleasure of the Unexpected

November 1, 2014

I’m partial to books with characters that surprise me.  I’m not talking about characters who are simply unreliable narrators.  Nor …

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How to Talk to a Widower, by Jonathan Tropper

September 1, 2014

Doug Parker is the kind of guy you want to introduce to your sister.  He’s smart, funny, articulate, kind and …

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Before We Met, by Lucie Whitehouse

February 4, 2014

I’m assuming just about everyone read Gone Girl last year.  I did – though I’m one of the three people in the …

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