Nadia Hashimi merges the past with the present in the story of two women from one family. Rahima has the grave misfortune to be yet another daughter born into her family. In Afghanistan the lack of sons is a social and economic disaster. Her father is addicted to opium and does little or no work. Without a son to go out in the world and shop and work for the family their ... Read More...
After I’m Gone
Laura Lippman is back with a runaway bookie, the wife he adores, his three daughters, and his stripper girlfriend. In her latest, After I'm Gone, Felix Brewer is indicted in 1976 on gambling charges and decides his constitution is not made for prison so he jumps bail. The novel opens with his escape to an undisclosed location and a private plane. Helping him escape and taking ... Read More...
Gossip
I’m fairly certain that Tolstoy spent less time on War & Peace then I have spent trying to review Gossip. My problem is this: on the surface you have a cool-toned, witty look at three women living in the upper echelon of New York society. They are each interesting, diverse women, wearing fabulous clothes, and if that’s all you need from a book, then stop right here and go ... Read More...
