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After 70, be like an athlete

The question is not “Do I have arthritis,” because everybody has arthritis.  The question is “Does your arthritis hurt?”

A Dagger to the Heart of Roe v. Wade

The social network supporting the right to abortion was frayed from the beginning. The first sign of danger was when doctors caved to pressure from religionists to ban abortion in individual hospitals, thus forcing reproductive services into separate clinics vulnerable to protesters and gunmen.

Point Reyes Books

What better combination — a delicious meal and some great conversation about books.

REVIEW: THE NEAPOLITAN NOVELS OF ELENA FERRANTE

Elena Ferrante’s are not what you think they are.

BOOK REVIEW: MY BRILLIANT FRIEND, by Elena Ferrante

There were no false notes, the style was skillful and seamless, the humor pervasive, and the sense of place and time comforting.

BOOK REVIEW: DOWN AND OUT IN LONDON AND PARIS by George Orwell

If you wonder what it’s like to be really poor, as opposed to deprived, or strapped, then this is the book to read.

BOOK REVIEW: DEAR MR. YOU

So much energy and heart went into writing this book that I can’t imagine her writing another, but from what I know after reading this, I would bet there will be more from Mary-Louise Parker. I hope I live long enough to watch her grow old.

BOOK REVIEW: Mrs. Hemingway, by Naomi Wood

Mrs. Hemingway, by Naomi Wood (Penguin Books) is subtitled “a novel” to clarify from the get-go that this is a work of fiction; nevertheless, it rings true. The story is told through the minds of Ernest Hemingway’s wives, Hadley, Fife, Martha, and Mary, and these four voices are clear, identifiable, and sympathetic. So is that scoundrel, Ernest.Continue reading “BOOK REVIEW: Mrs. Hemingway, by Naomi Wood”

REVIEW: Love in the Time of Cholera

Reading it was like a river journey, swaying and floating from one port to another on an invisible, seamless current. Once you are on board, disembarkation seems impossible.