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Book Review: Carol LaHines' chilling novel chronicles a jilted woman’s descent into madness
Houston Chronicle· 1 day agoIt’s no accident that the narrator of Carol LaHines’s second novel, “The Vixen Amber Halloway,” is a literature professor named Ophelia. When we first meet LaHines’s Ophelia, she is being interviewed ...
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Book Reporter· 4 days agoAccording to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one ...
Book Review: Farewell, Maisie Dobbs. We will miss you
New Hampshire Union Leader· 4 days ago“The Comfort of Ghosts,” publishing this week, is the 18th and final installment of Jacqueline...
Queer and compelling: 11 LGBTQ+ books for Pride you should be reading right now
USA Today· 2 hours agoThere’s no one-size-fits-all way to celebrate Pride Month. For many LGBTQ+ folks, reading provides...
Book Review: Katie Ledecky dishes on what makes an Olympic legend in ‘Just Add Water'
Stamford Advocate· 1 day agoThis is the story that forms the basis of Ledecky’s memoir, “Just Add Water: My Swimming Life.” Fifteen years old and in London, Ledecky became the youngest athlete ever to win the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the Olympics.
Review | The improbable rise of three women who helped transform French fashion
Washington Post· 1 day agoJuliette Récamier, Térézia Tallien and Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de La Pagerie (who became...
Ranking Every Single One of Elin Hilderbrand’s Brilliant Books
The Cut· 1 day agoElin Hilderbrand, the reigning “Queen of the Beach Reads,” writes characters I long to befriend....
Griffin Dunne's memoir shows a life of privilege and misadventure haunted by his sister's murder
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoSure, this is the story of Martin Scorsese’s dark screwball classic “After Hours,” but, based on his...
She Moved Her Family to a Black Utopia. Then Things Got Weird.
New York Times· 12 hours agoIn Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California...
Review: Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective's NEXT TO NORMAL is Heart-Rending and...
Broadway World· 2 days agoA middle-aged woman’s struggle with bipolar disorder and the toll it takes on her family may seem...