The Woman Upstairs – 2/5 Stars I found this book because of a list listing “Famous angry women in books” or something. And it’s true that the lead character and narrator of this book is very angry. I was hoping she’d be angrier and less articulate about her anger in this book. What’s this book about? It’s about a woman in her early 40s who was an artist who is also an elementary school teacher. She becomes friends with the mom of one her students. […]
“Sometimes I think I’ve figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida”
This was one of the weirdest books I’ve read, from the subject (orchids and the people who love them/steal them), to the characters (actual people–all crazy) to the casual, rambling style of the author. But overall, I think I liked it? It was definitely interesting, and I certainly know more than I used to about orchids. “I never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and more that he was only an extreme, not an […]