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Re-Reading: MAUD CASEY'S CITY OF INCURABLE WOMEN
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Interweaving material from hospital case notes with fictional invention, Casey illuminates the mistreated “madwomen” of late 19th century P...
Favorite Films: ITV's EMMA, 1996
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Though without the spectacular and showy visuals of Autumn De Wilde’s 2020 adaptation of the novel, to my mind this 1996 adaptation from Bri...
Just Out: ROSEMARY SIMPSON'S DEATH TAKES THE LEAD
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As a former NYC resident, I always enjoy the Manhattan-related elements of Simpson’s Gilded Age mysteries (I especially appreciated the ap...
Just Out: CLARA McKENNA'S MURDER AT GLENLOCH HILL
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In Clara McKenna's charming sixth Stella and Lyndy mystery, the couple visits Scotland, golf’s home nation, during the celebrated Open ...
Society Nineteen Reviews: DOUGLAS WESTERBEKE'S A SHORT WALK THROUGH A WIDE WORLD
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What would it feel like to be unable, on pain of death, to stay in one place for more than three days or return to the same location twice?...
Society Nineteen Reviews: GODMERSHAM PARK by GILL HORNBY
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Those who have read my rave review of Gill Hornby's Miss Austen won't be surprised that I also loved her Godmersham Park. Named af...
Society Nineteen Reviews: LEARNED BY HEART by EMMA DONOGHUE
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Though Emma Donoghue is best known for her contemporary novel Room , I follow her primarily for her superb historical fiction. Slammerkin (...
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