Nancy

I was already a fan of Emma Straub’s fiction before I picked up This Time Tomorrow, but now I’m a superfan. This time-travel fantasy was pitch perfect: sweet without being cloying, sad without being a... (Nancy)

I could not stop reading Jami Attenberg’s new memoir I Came All This Way to Meet You, and that is exactly how I like to read books. I read this one, in its entirety, on Boxing Day. I loved Jami’s hone... (Nancy)

In one of my future dream scenarios, I become a therapist at age 55. This idea becomes even more alluring while I read the memoir Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb. In... (Nancy)

I read How to Be Loved in two days' time, but I’ve been carrying to book with me for weeks. I mean literally putting it in my bag so I can pop it open any time, to reread one of the 30 pages I've fold... (Nancy)

I believe story is how we make sense of the world. This is not an original thought, but it is why I read books. Author Emily Bernard is a masterful storyteller. She makes writing her life look easy in... (Nancy)

I was enamored at first by the idea that an old, famous poet was the narrator of The Last Romantics, but what captivated me, once I started reading, was the narrator’s deep dive into her childhood wit... (Nancy)

I’ve read and loved all of Dani Shapiro’s memoirs, so I brought high expectations to Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love. Shapiro has a firecracker of a storyline: when she whimsica... (Nancy)