Peggy Sturdivant
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Out of Nowhere
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So, Dear Writer...: An It's About Time Writers' Reading Series Anthology
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This novel absolutely opened my eyes (and senses) in so many ways. I feel like I've been to Singapore, but more important, felt it through the viewpoints of the three (very) different Filipena women working in there. Each character was interesting an ...more | |
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I pronounced Jay's first book, The Scottish Buddhist Cookbook not really a book. With his latest, I'd have to say it's actually two books. (Makes sense for bipolar, doesn't it?). The first book is a walking tour to the buildings of Seattle built in a ...more | |
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My writer friend Lauren recommended this book, in part as part of our ongoing effort to show that memoirs sell! Plus, it's a fascinating read. I have many students now with gender dysphoria, a term not cited outside of psychology books when then-Jimm ...more | |
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I am a longtime Lipman reader, dating back to my own Massachusetts days. This is a frothy mix that has a good measure of quirky characters. I enjoyed the set-up more than the slightly too tidy conclusion. Lipman gives her characters always enviable w ...more | |
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I should have read Praise for Jenny Offil's "Weather", at the front of the paperback edition to know that "The New York Times Magazine" called her "master of novels told in sly, burnished fragments..." Having not read Offill's previous works, I was u ...more | |
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I should have read Praise for Jenny Offil's "Weather", at the front of the paperback edition to know that "The New York Times Magazine" called her "master of novels told in sly, burnished fragments..." Having not read Offill's previous works, I was u ...more | |
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After a series of breakneck books, with strong friendships at their core, this novel was the calming opposite. I loved settling into its rhythm, in the way of the narrator having walked to the Southwest from New York. Gil is a lovely, self-effacing c ...more | |
"three things:
1) i did not like any of these three main characters to start, and i grew to intensely dislike them 2) i could not put this book down 3) it has been 4 months since i read this book, i cannot in good faith put this review off any longer, an" Read more of this review » |
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This novel arrived with much fanfare. My sister loved it. My friend Kay loved it. The novel was #1 in Seattle. The author was coming to town and those of us in our 60's were celebrating Garmus's success (somewhat later in life, to put it delicately). ...more | |