Reading and Roaming
RECENT READING Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens From the online comments I’ve read over the past six months, people either loved or hated this novel. I put off reading it until now, mostly because my local book group was going to discuss it and I wanted it to be fresh in my mind. I’m in the …
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ON THE BIG SCREEN—WOMAN POWER It’s hard to accept how sexist the sailing world was in 1990. The Maiden, a new documentary, is a graphic account of skipper Tracy Edwards and her all female crew’s performance in the Whitbread Round the World Race. In the past women just didn’t compete there or at that level; or, if …
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SMALL SCREEN Shetland (Amazon Prime & BritBox) We recently watched Seasons 5 and 6 of this Scottish detective series and it’s excellent. One of the best of its kind! Each season consists of six episodes and there is only one case that’s ongoing across the entire season. More than most, this is a character-driven series, and Douglas Henshall …
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AUTISM ON THE PAGE, STAGE AND SCREEN This week the island book club read and discussed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. The selection was prompted in part by the play being presented locally at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota. It has been so popular that the run has been extended …
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