In Kristin Hannah’s recently released The Four Winds (published February 2, 2020), Elsa is a woman trying to raise two children on a Texas farm as they watch the lands dry out and as relentless dust storms ravage everything in sight. All around them, people pack up and leave for greener lands and jobs out …
I was really impressed by The Push by Ashley Audrain. It wasn’t a book I was expecting to like, much less one that I’d be eager to recommend to others. I actually only read it because one of my book clubs put it on the docket, and I wanted to be able to participate. I …
Prologue A woman observes a house where a family of four lives. The parents and their kids, one boy and one girl, are dressed up. They take a family holiday photo. The girl leaves cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer. Outside, snow is falling. As the girl looks out the window, she sees …
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney came out back in 2017, but I’ve been curious about it ever since Normal People gained such popularity. I didn’t like Normal People, but plenty of other people did (or at least they liked the Hulu adaptation of it). I guess I was just wondering how I’d feel about …
Part One Chapter 1 Frances and Bobbi Connolly are spoken-word poets, who meet a semi-famous essayist and writer, Melissa, at a poetry night. Melissa introduces them to her husband Nick Conway, a handsome actor. Bobbi and Frances are both queer and anti-capitalist. Frances and Bobbi first met at secondary school. They dated for over year …
