diane keenan

A heart reaching dive into lives upended by historical events or personal and family heartbreaks. Vonug has an ear for the disappointments of people just getting by. Also an insightful take on America and its gross limitations from industrial food production, our callous treatment of the elderly and our failing treatment of drug abuse. Too many people are falling through the the cracks.

A tour de force of poetic narrative calling up images of raining yellow flowers. A work of rebellion against the Spanish and all dictators

Fearless and intoxicating. No one writes a female mind better than Ferrante

A very cleverly put together mystery-keeps your eye on the wrong candidates for murder

So we’ll written- it’s almost Cormac McCarthy

His conclusions are banal and nothing new. I would rename his chapter on money trade and specialization.