The word darkness is found about 45 times in this novel, which is the primary […]
French Braid by Anne Tyler
I love Anne Tyler’s characters and stories about human relationships. Though her books have gotten […]
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney brings “torn between two lovers” to a new level. The first person narrator, […]
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Eight people are quarantined together in a bungalow colony outside of NYC in the Hudson […]
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
The narrator is consumed by the internet and speaking in disconnected tweet-like pronouncements. Her life […]
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
In this story, set in 1922, Mrs. Lottie Wilkins and Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot become disenchanted […]
The Orchid Thief: a true story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean begins a journalistic investigation of an orchid thief, John Laroche. She ends up […]
Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
I have read almost everything Lily King has written. She is a fabulously gifted writer, […]
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
The setting is the 1970s in suburban Chicago in New Prospect Township, and Crossroads delves […]
