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Review: Ultimatum by Matthew Glass

Harriet Kline — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:04:23 +0000

Against the background of last month’s Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, I’m reminded of a political-diplomatic-disaster thriller our couples’ book group just read. The plot of Ultimatum by Matthew Glass is ...read more...

Book Review: Mrs. Jack by Louise Hall Tharp

Joan Boyd — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:23:49 +0000

How many of us women, when we were little girls in the days of princes and princesses, declared that when we grew up we were going to build a palace? ...read more...

“New Jew” Found Way in Larchmont

Trish Stevens — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:04:56 +0000

Sally Srok Friedes lived in Larchmont for several years. Little did she know then that that time would be one of the most important in her life. It was in ...read more...

Review: The Book of Illusions

Harriet Kline — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:02:33 +0000

One of the joys of belonging to a book club is discovering authors one has not read. So, the initial title read for the book club ...read more...

Review: Rabbit Is Rich

Harriet Kline — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:28:09 +0000

John Updike’s death on January 28, 2009 resulted in an outpouring of tributes and articles about his very prolific career as ...read more...

Review: Dreams From My Father

MaryAnn De Feis — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:06:28 +0000

When our book group chose Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama for February, I thought it might be coming to the party (any party!) too late. But, in fact, ...read more...

Review: Kristin Lavransdatter

Janet Lan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:27:02 +0000

Part of a trilogy set in medieval ...read more...

Review: Evidence of Things Unseen

Janet Lan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:06:59 +0000

..a fascinating and unusual look at true love and recent American ...read more...