I caught up with the charming Scottish-born, Massachusetts-based writer Margot Livesey whose 9th novel, The Boy in the Field, grabs your attention with its first sentence: Here is what happened one…
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Anyone who read my earlier Xmas shopping blog knows how much I rely on those nearest and dearest for help. The friend who really stands out, who should charge me…
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People ask me how I met Stretch- the best way, I say, through friends. He was vetted by people I trust and like, passed all quality controls so I didn’t…
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I was already a fan of Debra Jo Immergut’s writing months before reading her latest book and the topic of this Q&A – You Again. Immergut’s article for the NYT’s…
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Sue Miller’s latest novel Monogamy is a book that sticks with you. I enjoyed it as much on the second reading as the first. And, I am sure at some…
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I loved Maggie Doherty’s book- The Equivalents, because it tells a big story- the birth of feminism- by following a personal story- or rather five personal stories. Doherty (pictured below)…
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For those of you who don’t subscribe to House & Garden (tsk, tsk), here’s the perfect Sunday read – HandGOctLifestyle – It’s a profile I wrote with the help of my…
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House Lessons is a memoir about renovating a house, a marriage, a family and a life. The decade long renovation (much done by the family themselves) taught Bauermeister many lessons,…
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I knew I was going to like author Laura Zigman before I’d opened her latest book, Separation Anxiety. How can you not like a writer who uses her friend’s dog Shelbie…
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There are a few authors that I don’t even need to know the title of their latest book, I’m a buyer. Donna Tartt (if only she published more frequently), Nora…
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