Suzanne Rindell sets her novel The Other Typist in 1920s New York City where Rose is one of a new kind of working woman, earning her living as a typist for the police department. She is an orphan ... Read More...
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng’s debut novel Everything I Never Told You is the story of the Lee family. They live in Ohio where the father James is a professor and wife Marilyn stays at home and raises Nathan, Lydia, ... Read More...
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives
Apparently, I’m getting all adventurous and flexible in my old age. Penguin Books was kind enough to send me a new anthology of crime fiction short stories. Crime? Short stories? Neither is a genre I ... Read More...
What the Nanny Saw
What the Nanny Saw is not the first book to look at the insular and dysfunctional world of nannies and the uber-rich but it may be the first to delve into that life as the employers are on their ... Read More...
Sometimes a Great Notion
When I learned that Ken Kesey grew up in Oregon I thought I was long overdue to read one of his books. I had seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and didn’t think I needed to revisit that subject so I ... Read More...
