Feminist period drama with a hint of the supernatural? Sign me up! Orphan Lizzie is growing up on a farm in Scotland with her grandparents. Her life is relatively normal, except for the fact that she occasionally gets premonitions. She never sees herself, only those around her, and the visions are seldom joyful. As if … Continue reading Review: The Road from Belhaven, by Margot Livesey (Knopf)
Autumn 2023 Reading
Like everyone else, I read The Woman in Me, by Britney Spears (and possibly Sam Lansky). I listened to the audiobook, beautifully narrated by Michelle Williams. It was an incredibly difficult listen; ten minutes in we’d already had a graveside suicide. It is comparable to I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy, in that … Continue reading Autumn 2023 Reading
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