“According to my law school friend, this was why men never called me for a second date: I was a hard-ass. Too serious, too exacting. Humorless. I needed to let some of their harmless male bullshit flow over me; men didn’t…
“If I had all the treasure in the world, I would follow my dreams, play with my children, and spend time with my wife.” “No,” said the old man. “If you followed your dreams, played with your children, and spent time…
“My parents were actually pretty great, as far as human beings went. They were proud Iranian immigrants who worked hard, all day, to make my life better. My parents never talked to my teachers. They never called my school. They never…
This is a book about coronavirus and the view of pandemia through the eyes of writers and journalists from all over the world. From the story about “A boy and a girl, fraternal twins born in India on March 15, 2020,…
In the summer of 2021, I have discovered the Italian writer Caterina Bonvicini. Her book was sold in a bookshop in Los Angeles. The same summer but another month, I discovered the Canadien writer with Indian origins, Rupi Kaur. Her book…
September 1996 “The Talibans are here.” “The following day, Kabul was overrun by trucks. Armed bearded men in black turbans sat in their beds. From each truck, a loudspeaker blared announcements, first in Farsi, then Pashto. The message was also written in…
“Alcestis is the heroine of a greek myth. A love story of the saddest kind. Alcestis willingly sacrifices her life for that of her husband, Admetus, dying in his place when no one else will. An unsettling myth of self-sacrifice, it…
“my favorite thing about you is your smell you smell like earth herbs gardens a little more human than the rest of us” Editura: Andrew McMeel, 2015
Lionel Shriver is my favorite writer by far. The subject of her latest book was extremely interesting to me because my husband and I are at the same age as the main characters from the novel. Therefore some of their concerns…
“I’m here to discuss the first thing my baby ever stole from me. Jeremy. I didn’t notice the theft at first. I was happy because Jeremy was happy. He became as obsessed with my pregnancy as I was with him.” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…
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