I first came across the work of Roger Rosenblatt at a local bookstore, where the paperback of his memoir, Making Toast, was on display on the front table. When Rosenblatt’s 38-year-old daughter died suddenly of a heart defect no one knew she had, he and his wife Ginny moved in with their widowed son-in-law to…Continue reading Kayak Morning by Roger Rosenblatt, and other books on grief
Category: What to Read in 2012
Pure by Julianna Baggott
Pure, by Julianna Baggott A powerful post-apocalyptic novel by the author of more than a dozen books for children and adults. In the Dome live the Pures, persons who escaped the Detonations that destroyed most of Earth. Outside live the wretches, the ravaged survivors whose bodies fused with objects, animals, and each other during the…Continue reading Pure by Julianna Baggott
Little Children, by Tom Perotta
It took me a long time to get around to reading this book. I kept hearing the title, Little Children, bandied about, and it kept getting great reviews, but it was the title that turned me off. I knew there was a pedophile in the book; that knowledge, combined with the title, convinced me it…Continue reading Little Children, by Tom Perotta