dysfunctional families

“You want to eat clam chowder and lobster rolls . . . served to you by someone who calls them chowdah and lobstah.”

A review of “The Identicals” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

This novel is a beach read about people who debate how Martha’s Vineyard compares to Nantucket Island. They actually do have passionate conversations about their beaches. Rich? Why, yes. Happy? Of course not. Readers may be reminded of Mary … Read More

“You need to develop some social skills. Some tact, some restraint, some diplomacy.”

To mark the 400^th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Hogarth commissioned “today’s best-loved novelists” to retell “the world’s favourite playwright’s” dramas. Anne Tyler’s novel Vinegar Girl is based on “The Taming of the Shrew,” a play that Tyler said she hated because it’s “totally misogynistic” and the people “behave … Read More

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“You want to eat clam chowder and lobster rolls . . . served to you by someone who calls them chowdah and lobstah.”

A review of “The Identicals” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

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