Description: Book reviews, book miscellanea, and the future of the book. Not the last word. Probably not the first, either.
My review in Shelf Awareness is here .
The Boston Globe review also praised it, saying that, while the plot line was the stuff of chick lit, Lott has written “a compelling, resonant, richly nuanced, and sometimes heartbreaking portrait of cross-generational love and the meaning o f art. The Chicago Tribune praised Lott’s comic sensibility, adding that Lott writes “with tenderness and restraint about life’s inevitable tragic turns.” NPR’s review called the first chapter “opening chapter is etched in acid….Lott demonstrates a wicked gift for mim
What I tread too literally, the Trib and NPR nailed as social satire. I love that! Re-reading a book to find what other readers saw is, to me, an essential tool in being a better reader and reviewer.