Reading and Roaming
RECENT NOVEL: LARGER THAN LIFE An American Beauty by Shana Abe An American Beauty, Abe’s recent “novel of the Gilded Age” is fascinating historical fiction. Belle Yarrington was a child of poverty. Left a widow, her mother Catherine struggled to feed and clothe her five children. When Belle was fifteen, she arranged for Belle to work …
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AROUND TOWN The Christmas trees on Park Avenue glow golden as the afternoon darkens, pedestrians are bundled up tightly against the chill wind, and there is a bustle and much anticipation as folks prepare for Christmas Day. At our son’s place, presents galore are piled underneath the perfectly shaped tree. Younger granddaughter F has sussed out …
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PURE ESCAPISM Crazy for You at the Asolo Theatre With music and lyrics by the Gershwin brothers, this classic of American musical theater was an afternoon of romance, some hijinks, and lots and lots of dancing! In 1930 in a dead-end town in Nevada, earnest Bobby Child tries to revive the theater he’s been sent to shut …
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READING—FASCINATING WOMAN The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin I’ve long been a list maker: lists of to-dos, lists of TV series and films to screen, lists of places to visit. Before we moved from Cambridge, MA, many years ago, I made a list of things the Chief Penguin and I should do before we left. I made …
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