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All Adults Here

Catherine — Mon, 11 May 2020 04:34:58 +0000

Astrid Strick is in downtown Clapham where she’s lived for most of her life, when she witnesses a school bus hitting and killing a woman she knows. A tragic death like this could be the focus of most novels, but instead it is the pebble in the pond that creates the widening ripples of life […]

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If I Had Your Face

Catherine — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:25:47 +0000

I would live your life so much better than you if I had your face. Last week, I visited historical Korea when I read Pachinko. I learned so much about the country, but once again, fiction is taking me into an aspect of Korea I had no idea existed. I know about the South […]

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We Wish You Luck

Catherine — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 05:49:27 +0000

When Hannah, Leslie, and Jimmy arrive at Fielding for the school’s MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) program they don’t know each other. Their backgrounds are wildly different as are the backgrounds of the 14 other people in their class. But in less than two weeks they’ll be bonded together in ways none of them could […]

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Long Bright River

Catherine — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 05:10:26 +0000

Mickey has been a Philadelphia police officer for 13 years. She’s got the brains and the experience to become a detective, but stays as a patrol cop in a neighborhood called Kensington. A high crime area where the yearly overdose deaths top 900. Why? Because it’s the only way she can keep track of her […]

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A Prayer for Travelers

Catherine — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:10:39 +0000

Cale doesn’t have a lot of people in her life. In fact, there’s only one since her mother left her in a hospital room when she was an infant. Her grandfather, a quiet old man who has no experience with children, who takes her to casinos while he gambles, but whose face, voice, and familiar […]

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City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

Catherine — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 07:37:40 +0000

Anyway, at some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is. If you read Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Big Magic, you know she offers an unusual perspective on the creative process. Namely, that, beyond the discipline of writing […]

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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

Catherine — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:55:11 +0000

Anne Lamott’s new book Almost Everything: Notes on Hope is not straight path reading. It’s not her style and I, for one, am grateful for that. But if you looking for succinct advice on how to feel better about the world today, you’ll be frustrated and, maybe, disappointed. She’s a wanderer, but one who always […]

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The Female Persuasion

Catherine — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:54:05 +0000

There has been a lot written about Meg Wolitzer’s new novel, The Female Persuasion. The novel will resonate with an entire generation of women who, after joining the workforce, longed for a mentor to guide them. For Greer Kadetsky, an intensely shy college student, that woman is Faith Frank, a feminist icon. Except, Greer didn’t […]

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My Absolute Darling

Catherine — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:36:45 +0000

What do you need to know about Turtle Alveston beyond her weird name? Well, she knows her way around almost every firearm there is and she eats raw eggs for breakfast. She is fourteen, but while she goes to school she doesn’t talk and is about to be held back from high school. She […]

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September Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 07:06:14 +0000

Goodbye summer! What an odd one it was—mostly chilly, but dry with only three days got that anywhere near hot. The worst of it was in with the fires in the Columbia Gorge when, even though we live up in Seattle, we had ash settling on our deck, trapping the heat and smoke for almost […]

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