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Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

December 5, 2024

black and blue

I’ve been trying hard to stick with reviewing more comforting reading, but I had a chance to delve into a favorite author’s backlist and took it. I’ve been an Anna Quindlen fan for years and recently ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, crime, social issues, women

After Annie by Anna Quindlen

February 27, 2024

annie

Anna Quindlen is back (yes!) with her new novel, After Annie, a heartfelt exploration of the internal campaign grief wages on the individual members of one family. After 37-year-old Annie Brown dies ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, family, grief

8 Beautiful Backlist Books to Read Now

April 13, 2020

backlist

After a little digression on Friday, it’s back to books! Reading may be your escape during quarantine, but for many the economic issues caused by the pandemic means buying the newest releases isn’t a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: favorite books, lists, mini-reviews

Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen

April 4, 2018

alternate

  She’d realized that that was how life was, that certain small moments were like billboards forever alongside the highway of your memory. It is no secret I love Anna Quindlen. In the kind ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, marriage, New York City, Random House, social issues

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

November 15, 2017

candles

It’s odd when I think of the arc of my life, from child to young woman to aging adult. First I was who I was. Then I didn’t know who I was. Then I invented someone and became her. Then I began to like ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: memoir, Random House, women

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