“We don’t get the family we deserve,” a character says early in A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara’s hefty, tragic novel. He is being self-effacing: he has had a better family than most, but is trying to show empathy to his friend. The comment, though, is a controlling idea of the sad story. Jude, named afterContinue reading “A Little Life, pt. 1”
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My Imaginary Bookshop
I’ve only ever briefly worked in a bookstore. I would imagine it’s probably quite boring at times: the lulls, the inventory, the dusting. But that won’t stop me from engaging in a fantasy from time to time of being a shopkeeper. Allow me to introduce you to my imaginary bookshop. The best place for aContinue reading “My Imaginary Bookshop”
Books Smitten 