One of my top books of the year: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. Something I struggle with in reading modern nonfiction is finding books that are substantive and complex but not unrelentingly grim or horrific. This book isn't sweetness and light, but the tribulations the characters encounter don't render them forever miserable. What I … Continue reading The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
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Book Review: August Folly
I enjoy a quiet book set in an English village, and August Folly by Angela Thirkell is one of those. Three families, the Tebbens, the Deans, and the Palmers, live in the village of Worsted. They are brought together by Mrs. Palmer's production of Hippolytus, in which she requires most of the young people to … Continue reading Book Review: August Folly