"The scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley." This is a fictional telling of the socialite "Swans" of the 1950s and early 1960s that focuses mainly on Barbara "Babe" Paley, and her friendship with Truman … [Read more]
White Feminism: A Novel
I know "white feminism" is usually used as a pejorative (and appropriately so) but in this case it is also a really good descriptor for what the book is about. It's about feminism and white ladies who are feminist and their white lady feminist lives. I have a white lady feminist life. I think maybe … [Read more]
And what can still delight an inert stone except to become, once more, the bed of a raging torrent?
This is another novel by the writer Julien Gracq, whose novel The Balcony in the Forest, I read earlier this month. This is apparently the novel that made him famous, and it makes sense because it's much richer, complex, satisfying, and frustrating to read than that one. This novel, if you read the … [Read more]
Passing with flying color
Penguin Flies Home. Okay. As did a lot of penguins over the years. What makes this one special Lita Judge? The illustrations make the “Penguins do not fly” story unique. Even though Lynn Munsinger comes to mind when viewing them. This is a companion book to Flight School. While it helps to have … [Read more]