Elena Bowes

New York-London design & culture writer of a certain vintage looking for meaning and wholeness in life

Elena’s Top 10

My Rolling Top 10 • All My Past Favourites

The Stolen Queen
by Fiona Davis

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Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman walk into a Bar
by Katie Yee

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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans

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The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali

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The Safe Keep
by Yael van der Wouden

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It's a Love Story
by Annabel Monaghan

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The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
by Lynda Cohen Loigman

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Oriana
by Anastasia Rubis

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Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

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The Wedding People
by Alison Espach

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Morning Pages
by Kate Feiffer

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Jackie
by Dawn Tripp

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How to Age Disgracefully
by Clare Pooley

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Summer Romance
by Annabel Monaghan

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The Husbands
by Holly Gramazio

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Disobedient
by Elizabeth Fremantle

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How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon
by Lyn Slater

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Ms. Demeanor
by Elinor Lipman

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The Sweet Spot
by Amy Poeppel

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Bomb Shelter: Love, Time and Other Explosives
by Mary Laura Philpott

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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
by Clare Pooley

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Nora Goes Off Script
by Annabel Monaghan

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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me
by Adrienne Brodeur

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Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler & 1950s New York
by Alexander Nemerov

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The Happy Writing Book
by Elise Valmorbida

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Early Morning Riser
by Katherine Heiny

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White Ivy
by Susie Yang

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Writers & Lovers
by Lily King

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The Boy In The Field
by Margot Livesey

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Monogamy
by Sue Miller

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The Equivalents
by Maggie Doherty

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House Lessons: Renovating A Life
by Erica Bauermeister

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The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland
by Julia Stuart

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