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Whistler –Ann Patchett (Harper: June 2) Fifty-three-year-old Daphne, an English teacher at a private school, and her husband Jonathan are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when they encounter the man who was her stepfather for two years when she was a child. Circumstances led Eddie Triplett to leave the family abruptly when Daphne was […]

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I was planning to post a longer piece with three more reviews today, but several things conspired to interfere with that plan. So I thought I’d share these two reviews now and post the others later this week. Tata — Valerie Perrin (Europa Editions: June 23) I loved Valerie Perrin’s first book translated into English, […]

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So you want to be a writer. So you want to tug a reader close enough to feel your breath. You want to write something that really means something, and you want someone to need it. But agents, you say. But publishing. And your heart darkens like the softest spot on an overripe fruit, rotten […]

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My July 2 post about distinctly American books that make for suitable reading during the USA’s 250th birthday received such a positive response that I decided to share eight more books that either didn’t get enough attention when they were published or have faded from readers’ awareness. I hope you discover (or rediscover) some books […]

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Americans are living in unprecedented times. And while most of us are protesting and resisting in whatever ways make sense for us, we’re also going on with our lives. It’s the kind of surreal situation I’d previously only read about. In the last year and a half so much has changed so dramatically. I still […]

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