“Mischief” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T20:08:22-04:00

Like "The Beggar Maid", this is one of the longer stories in Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Munro. With these two long stories, the thematic strength of the collection takes root. Rose continues to struggle with the shame and complications that she perceives as arising from class

“Mischief” Alice Munro2014-03-20T20:08:22-04:00

Olly Olly Oxen Free: Elizabeth Taylor May Read-a-long

2014-03-17T13:23:43-04:00

The Elizabeth Taylor Centenary has celebrated four novels this year, so far. May marks our reading of A Game of Hide and Seek. Who's in? Published in 1951 in England, Elizabeth Bowen's review of the novel reads like this: "Two masterpiece love stories in our language, Persuasion and Wuthering Heights,

Olly Olly Oxen Free: Elizabeth Taylor May Read-a-long2014-03-17T13:23:43-04:00

Sticky Authors? About Me and Edith

2017-09-13T10:36:05-04:00

! Do you have an author in whose works you repeatedly get stuck? Doncha love the '80s cover? You're just sure you're going to love them, but you can't seem to read them? That's what had happened with me and Edith Wharton. Well, that's not entirely

Sticky Authors? About Me and Edith2017-09-13T10:36:05-04:00

Karin Altenberg’s Island of Wings (2011)

2019-10-22T12:25:25-04:00

House of Anansi, 2011 It's with those proverbial good intentions that Reverend Neil MacKenzie moves to St. Kilda. (Oh, dear: you know the risk here, right?) He is travelling there -- accompanied by his young pregnant wife, Elizabeth -- to bring his faith to the island's residents. (Think

Karin Altenberg’s Island of Wings (2011)2019-10-22T12:25:25-04:00

Memories of making a perfect snowman

2014-07-11T16:27:30-04:00

Little, Brown & Company, 2012 Reagan Arthur Imprint If you grew up in a country where it snows, you probably have at least one memory of making a snowman. Mine never turned out looking like they did in storybooks; the snow wasn't always quite right, the shapes were

Memories of making a perfect snowman2014-07-11T16:27:30-04:00
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