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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
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A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
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A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
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A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
-
A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
-
A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
-
A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
-
A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
-
A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
-
Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
-
‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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No One Disappears on an Island: Thoughts on Remote Literary Settings
The Light on Farallon Island is a Gothic story about disappearance, reinvention, and the impossibility of leaving the past behind. But its remote island setting made me think of something stranger than ghosts: the…
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You Don’t Actually Have to Finish the Book
When a reader becomes accustomed to devouring novels over the course of hours, it becomes something of an expectation that every book which sounds promising will have the same effect. When we come across…
-
A Well-Read Woman is Not a Snob
Have you ever felt a little out of place when telling someone that your idea of a vacation is curling up in bed with a paperback? Have you ever had the sensation that few…
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Tea with Deborah Svec-Carstens, Author of Toward the Light: A Year in Paris
Before writing Into the Light, Carstens spent time as an au pair in Paris—a chapter of her life that would become part of the story she tells. In this interview, we talk about her…
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‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The End of Life as We Know It What if a great catastrophe were to bring about the end of life as we know it? What would be the thing that you missed most…
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Raising Hare: A Hare Full of Love
What does it mean to truly love someone, human or otherwise? In Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton tells the enchanting story of an orphaned leveret who unexpectedly becomes part of her life. But beneath the…
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Tea with Kate Westbury, Author of ‘The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies’
What does postwar Oxford look like through the eyes of a woman determined to make her own way? In this conversation, Kate Westbury talks about The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, her heroine…
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‘O, Juliet’ by Robin Maxwell
What is love if you barely know the person you love? In O, Juliet, Robin Maxwell retells Shakespeare’s famous tragedy as a sweeping romance, and while I found myself captivated by the beautiful prose…
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
In this review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I explore the novel’s themes of grief, depression, isolation, and the desire to escape from life. Through its unnamed narrator and her…
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Mariella Hunt
The Tearoom
Mariella Hunt 