Reading and Roaming
BOOKS: LITERARY & MYSTERIOUS Dayswork by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel Dayswork is unlike any other novel I’ve read, and I loved it. Written in a style that consists of two-to-three-line paragraphs followed by bursts of conversation and quotes from other writers, it’s quirky, fun, thoughtful, and literary, all at once. A woman academic stuck at home during …
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FRENCH WHODUNIT Anatomy of a Fall ($ Amazon Prime, Apple TV) This is the third excellent new movie we’ve watched this season. Sandra, her husband, and their son Daniel are at home in Switzerland. Sandra, a writer, is being interviewed. A thud is heard. Investigation reveals the body of a man lying in the grass. How did he get there? This …
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MOVIES—MEN AT WORK, PHYSICS & MUSIC Oppenheimer ($5.99 on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, et al) Oppenheimer, one of the big films of 2023, is an almost mesmerizing portrayal of one individual’s huge impact on history. Physicist Oppenheimer was a complex man and an intriguing one. Brilliance, coupled with ego and drive, propelled him in overseeing the development of the …
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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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