The Novels of Barbara Pym
The Novels of Barbara Pym 2013 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of my favorite British authors Barbara Pym. So by way of celebration, I reread a […]
Life After Life
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Don’t you wonder what might have happened if you had married another, spoken sooner, or taken a different route home? Ursula Todd, the protagonist […]
Crusoe’s Daughter
Crusoe’s Daughter by Jane Gardam This is my third Gardam book in as many months. Having enjoyed Old Filth and The Man in the Wooden Hat, I turned to Crusoe’s […]
The Man in the Wooden Hat
The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam (Book 2) Don’t you occasionally wonder how your spouse experiences your mutual milestones as well as the minutia of your everyday […]
Old Filth
Old Filth by Jane Gardam (Book 1) Prior to his retirement to Dorset, Sir Edward Feathers was a successful Hong Kong judge. He was greatly admired in the legal community, […]
Inside Scientology
Inside Scientology by Janet Reitman I would not have taken a second glance at this book had it not been a book club selection. But to my surprise, I enjoyed […]
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by the Countess of Carnarvon. This is the true story of Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey, and its remarkable mistress Lady Almina, […]
The Woman’s Hour
The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss It’s not often that we get to brag about Tennessee’s progressive history, but in 1920 the state […]
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson If you’ve seen me recently, you’ve already heard me rave about this book. The Warmth […]
The Viceroy’s Daughters
The Viceroy’s Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters by Anne de Courcy The aristocratic Curzon sisters were the daughters of Lord Curzon, confidants of royalty, and friends, lovers, and […]
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris A romance set in the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau sounds both improbable and rather insensitive, but The Tattooist of Auschwitz is neither. Based […]
The Swerve
The Swerve, How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt In history class we learned that the Dark Ages were, well, dark, and the lights didn’t come back on until […]
The Splendid and the Vile
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson Given the enormous number of Churchill biographies, especially of the war years, one might wonder about the necessity of yet another. Eric […]
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre The English have always appreciated, even treasured, eccentricity, and nowhere was this more evident than in the staffing of the British Secret Service during WW […]
Churchill’s Citadel
Churchill’s Citadel, Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm by Katherine Carter Do we really need another Winston Churchill book? Probably not, but author Katherine Carter, curator at Chartwell, takes […]