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 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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I've Tried Being Nice
by Ann Leary

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The Paris Novel
by Ruth Reichl

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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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