“We often mistake love for fireworks – for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm – and constant.” Alicia and Gabriel Berenson’s love story featured displays of affection and tension-fi...
review by Meredith McKinnie “Weddings, she quickly discovered, were about everything except the health of a couple’s relationship. They were social performances, the purpose of which varied from family to family. And they were competitive.” Gonzalez’s debut novel Olga Dies Dreaming opens with the tit...
review by Meredith McKinnie “Why books? Because no other thing possesses that mystical faculty to make people see with other people’s eyes. The Library is a bridge of books between cultures.” No surprise, I’m a self-professed bibliophile, and gravitate towards books about books. Reading the intricate...
