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Bayou Pages

NIGHTSTANDS & COFFEE TABLES REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “Charley caught a scent of Louisiana on the June breeze; the aroma of red clay, peppery as cayenne, musty as compost, and beneath it, the hint of mildew and Gulf water.” Recently widowed, Charley Bordelon leaves the comforts of Los Angeles t...
NIGHTSTANDS & COFFEE TABLES REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “Women shouldn’t judge one another’s lives, if we haven’t been through one another’s fires.” Lisa Taddeo traveled across America interviewing women about desire. The author blended into three women’s lives, learning their heartbreaks, hard d...
NIGHTSTANDS & COFFEE TABLES REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “A house that first dazzles with beauty and promise can, after a while, feel quite different. Less fairy-tale castle and more gilded cage. Sometimes, it seems the promises we make to one another can start to feel less like love and more like...