Follow a handful of characters through a single day in Philadelphia. 9 year-old Madeline aspiring jazz singer and newly motherless and in more than a bit of trouble.
Author Archives: lara
Oranges — John McPhee
One of the original “things” essays. It didn’t age all that well. I was hoping from something much more accomplished and much less out of date.
Sing, Unburied, Sing — Jesmyn Ward
The title only comes clear in the last few paragraphs of the book. The journey to the singing of the unburied is painful and tender all at once. A story of three generations of bayou people living in an enchanted, haunted world.
The Alice Network — Kate Quinn
At the end of the second world war, Charlie — a young aimless woman, arrives in Europe with her mother and the need to sort out a Little Problem.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos — Jordan B. Peterson
One man’s rules for a good life and the reason that he chose them. I don’t always agree with him on either the rules or the logic behind them.