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Inventing the Rest of Our Lives

July 10, 2012

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  I recently had the opportunity to read Suzanne Levine Braun’s Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood. Although not a new release its message is still relevant for ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, midlife, Plume, self-help, women

The Help

July 10, 2012

  Important preface to this review: I am one of those people who doesn’t do well when faced with exhortations to view/read something widely and unanimously praised. Call it childish or ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: debut, historical fiction, Penguin Group, Southern life

The Way We Live Now

July 9, 2012

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I just finished The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (like he didn’t catch shit in school) and while you might think 738 pages is a slog far too great for any book that isn’t part of the The Girl ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 19th century, book clubs, classics, England, literary

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