Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life
I just turned the last page of Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life and closed the book, and I must say it’s the most satisfying — and intriguing — novel I’ve read for some time. The novel’s…
View PostI just turned the last page of Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life and closed the book, and I must say it’s the most satisfying — and intriguing — novel I’ve read for some time. The novel’s…
View PostWhereasLisa had many of herreaders commenting that she certainly could wear skinny jeans against her conviction that they made her look “like a bowling pin,” I’m just as likely, I suspect, to have my readers wincing,…
View PostFeeling a little low this morning, partly last night’s election results, partly an anticipatory homesickness (I know, isn’t that weird? But I get bouts of it before every extended trip and wish we were just…
View PostIf you’ve been reading here for a while, you might remember that I began writing about my history with the French language, inspired by a book sculpture we brought back from Paris two years ago,…
View PostAlthough this is, obviously, a post on Paris travels, and it includes references to my history with/in the city, it’s not the one I referred to in my last post. The promised post to come…
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