Category Archives: Books

Reading Now & for 2022

RECENT READING Oh William! By Elizabeth Strout Elizabeth Strout’s new novel, Oh William!, is a winner.  Those who have read the earlier novel, My Name is Lucy Barton, will be acquainted with the main character.  Lucy is a successful writer and William is her ex-husband.  She left him some years ago after he had a string of affairs, and she then married …

Continue reading “Reading Now & for 2022”

Snippets for Late November

WATCHING Family Business (Acorn) This French series features an all-female legal firm practicing family law.  Think marriage contracts, divorces, custody issues, and adoption.  Two of the three lawyers are a mother, Astrid, and her daughter, Audrey, plus Sofia, the second partner.  Both partners are single, while Audrey has two children and a somewhat hapless husband.  The cases are serious, but …

Continue reading “Snippets for Late November”