Written Reviews

Jean Stafford: The Mountain Lion

June 4, 2024

The most recent #NYRBWomen24 book that we finished was Jean Stafford’s The Mountain Lion, and it is not at all what I was expecting . . . in a good way!

Lore Segal: “Beyond Imagining”

June 3, 2024

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lore Segal’s “Beyond Imagining”

Alice Munro: “Working for a Living”

May 31, 2024

Betsy continues her trek through Alice Munro’s work by looking at “Working for a Living,” from The View from Castle Rock.

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

May 29, 2024

I just finished reading Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None for the fourth time, and I still love it.

Olga Tokarczuk: “Woman, Frog, and Devil”

May 27, 2024

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Olga Tokarczuk’s “Woman, Frog, and Devil,” translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.

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