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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Author: Shirley Jackson
First Published: 1962, by Viking Press
Shirley Jackson is best known for her short-story “The Lottery” (1948), as well as her novel The Haunting of Hill House (1959). But I’ve heard people say that We Have Always Lived in the Castle is one of the best books they’ve ever read, and I am in [...]

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The Great Gatsby

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
First Published: 1925, by Charles Scribner’s Sons
If ever there were a book about holding on to the past, The Great Gatsby is that book. How my heart goes out to Gatsby every time I see him reaching toward that faraway green light across the bay! The light of Daisy Buchanan, the light [...]

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Housekeeping

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Author: Marilynne Robinson
First Published: 1980, by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
So much has been written about this book, everywhere, and by everyone, that I’m reluctant to say much else other than it is one of my favorite books of all time. And I am certainly not alone (though when I re-read this classic, I like to [...]

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