Reading and Roaming
This week, I’m sharing a group of TV series that run the gamut from the life of a successful Italian businesswoman, to puzzling and murders to solve, to a devastating portrayal of providing hospital care under the Nazis. DELIGHTFUL CONFECTION Luisa Spagnoli Queen of Chocolate (PBS Masterpiece) Have you ever enjoyed one of the chocolate kisses …
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This week was a good one for reading, and I’ve now checked two more books off my summer list. I also watched the first season of All Heart on the treadmill, while the Chief Penguin and I learned some significant medical history in the engrossing Charite’ series. WEALTH AND HORSE RACING Trust by Hernan Diaz Argentinian author Hernan Diaz …
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Kalispell A year or so ago, I’d never heard of Kalispell, Montana, much less known how to spell it. It’s in the northwestern part of the state and is the town in which Glacier Park International Airport is located. Their code is FCA (totally unintuitive!) The airport is small, but recently expanded, rustic in feel, and bustling …
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BOOK OF THE WEEK Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, this first novel portrays gritty daily life in Belfast and its environs. The tension between neighboring Catholics and Protestants is often escalated by seemingly random acts of violence. Cushla, a young elementary school teacher, lives with her alcoholic mother and helps occasionally at …
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