Sobbed! My heart broke so that I could feel the pieces rattling in my chest.Īnd guess what? It got panned in these very pages by another writer I admire. It has possibly the most morally complex plot twist I’ve ever encountered in literature. It’s about life and death and love and parenting. It’s about a young wife and mother diagnosed with awful blood cancer. The last truly great book I read was “ Alice & Oliver,” by Charles Bock. On my night stand: “ The Nix,” by Nathan Hill “The Excellent Lombards,” by Jane Hamilton and “ A Separation,” by Katie Kitamura. And they will hereby be known as “Manda” and “David.” These two individuals are not only the smartest people I know, they are the smartest people anyone knows. We don’t live in the same place, so most of this book talk is done via text. Instead, I am part of a “group” that includes two other people who advise me on What to Read Next. I want to begin by saying that I have never been asked to join a book group. What books are currently on your night stand? Salinger, John Cheever and Flannery O’Connor: “I’m serving very cold Veuve Clicquot and a bowl of mixed nuts.” The author of “The Identicals” says that for a literary dinner party, she would invite J.D.
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