Lucy lost her mother at a young age, so when she gets engaged to Ollie, she dreams of having a close, loving relationship with Diana, her mother-in-law to be. But, while Diana is well-respected in the community and established a nonprofit to help new refugees, she is very cold (albeit polite) to Lucy. She isn’t mean, necessarily, more unaware — from emphasizing the borrowed part of the something borrowed item she lends Lucy for the … Read More “The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth” »
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
John Lennon was assassinated the year I was born and the year he turned 40. I turned 40 earlier this year, and while I’ve always been a big fan of the Beatles (my first CD ever was Abbey Road — although apparently Lennon wouldn’t have liked that!) I have never read much of their history. This book makes me want to change that now. This 40th anniversary re-release of the full Playboy transcript of the … Read More “All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by David Sheff” »