Reading and Roaming
COZY CRIME SERIES Hope Street (BritBox) Hope Street is set in a small town on the coast of Northern Ireland where everyone seems to know everyone else and their business. Finn O’Hare heads up the Port Devine police department with his colleagues, Marlene and Callum. When Detective Constable Leila Hussain arrives as the first Muslim officer, she causes a …
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WATCHING—COMEDY, ADVENTURE, CRIME Don’t Look Up (Netflix) Don’t Look Up is both a funny film and a sobering one. When a comet is on the horizon that will destroy the earth, the hapless president dithers and does little. The scientists who have plotted its course are ignored and ridiculed. The film is both a spoof and a satire targeting politicians, …
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Motherhood is portrayed in a novel by Maggie O’Farrell and in a new film based on Elena Ferrante’s work, “The Lost Daughter.”
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 …
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