Wow! What a book. Stalin’s Daughter by Rosemary Sullivan combines three things I love to read about—women’s lives, history and Russia. The book was heavy in detail as it follows the life of Svetlana Stalin…
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A sad legacy of treatment for mental illness
It’s not often I finish a book of fiction in only two days but “What She Left Behind” by Ellen Marie Wiseman is one of those books. The story ties the lives of two young…
Ann Tyler spins a gripping family tale
Trying to sell someone on reading A Spool of Blue Thread by Ann Tyler would be like Seinfeld trying to sell network television on his show “about nothing”—it sounds like a giant yawn but actually…
Lena Dunham IS that kind of girl
I should say up front that I was a Lena Dunham fan long before I read her book “Not That Kind of Girl” so I approached it with a sense of eager anticipation. Prior to…
Wally Lamb comes through again
Wally Lamb certainly knows how to tell a story. I thoroughly enjoyed She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much is True, both of which I read several years ago so I was optimistic I…
Chick lit by Liane Moriarty
If you like to read about bitchy women, you’ll love Australian author Liane Moriarty’s new book, Big Little Lies. Even if you don’t like to read about bitchy women there are lots of other things…