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More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen

Catherine — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:03:27 +0000

Open Anna Quindlen’s new novel More Than Enough and you’ll meet Polly, a happy middle-aged woman. Her husband adores her and she him, she’s an English teacher at all girls’ school, and she has three stalwart, loving friends. Friends who give her a DNA test kit as a gag gift. When there’s a match for […]

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Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

Catherine — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:07:10 +0000

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 decided to try her second novel. Published in 1998, Black and Blue is one woman’s story and the lengths […]

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After Annie by Anna Quindlen

Catherine — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:24:41 +0000

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 while preparing dinner her husband, daughter, and her best friend slog through the next year trying to reassemble their lives without the glue […]

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8 Beautiful Backlist Books to Read Now

Catherine — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 04:10:37 +0000

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 great idea. So, today I’ve got eight beautiful backlist books I read and loved years ago. Several I’ve never talked about […]

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Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen

Catherine — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 07:20:08 +0000

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 of way that makes me pushy about her, as in I’ve demanded innocent victims read her, because I think her voice […]

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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

Catherine — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 08:17:18 +0000

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 what I’d invented. And finally I was what I was again. […]

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Miller’s Valley

Catherine — Mon, 02 May 2016 07:35:48 +0000

Miller’s Valley is both the title and location of Anna Quindlen’s new novel. It is a tiny community where Mimi Miller’s family has owned and farmed their land for hundreds of years. Now it’s under threat because the government has decided to use a dam they put in decades ago to divert the river, flooding the […]

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