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Book Review: The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani
She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her. [Pub. Penguin Books. 228 pp.] After giving birth to her second child, ambitious French-Moroccan lawyer Myriam Massé decides to return to the career she’s put on hold, and…
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Book Review: America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
A sprawling, soulful debut about three generations of women in one family struggling to balance the promise of the American dream and the unshakeable grip of history. [Pub. Penguin Books. 432 pp.] In a time of fake news, literature is one of the best ways to combat ignorance and apathy. If you’re lucky, Dekada ‘70…
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Reading Recap: January to March 2022 Reads
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Book Review: Eastman Was Here by Alex Gilvarry
Alan Eastman is a trainwreck. It’s 1973, and the biggest years of his writing career are decades behind him, his wife has left him, and nothing seems to be going right. So when he’s invited to cover the tail end of the Vietnam War as a foreign correspondent, he gets the brilliant idea of frightening…
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