It’s the last local beach weekend, so here’s some nice shells. Oh, and eight powerful short stories from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of “All The Light We Cannot See”. The majesty of the natural world in each tale is matched only by the exquisite language and the force of human emotions. Passion, love, grief and guilt, from the Kenyan bush to the Pacific Coast, the myth-like tales in this book are even more beautiful than the cover.
Couple of beach reads for anyone with a bit of vacation time still in play. Both involve folks getting into some pretty dire scrapes on overseas trips. In “Something in the Water” it’s a well-heeled British couple who get into some serious bother in Bora Bora. In “Do Not Become Alarmed” a group of Americans lose their kids in Central America. Not the most relaxing reads, but you can take comfort that your vacation, wherever it may be, will turn out much better than theirs.
My own ‘summer of impossible things’ would banish bitey insects, make sunscreen apply itself, and have everyday be sunny and high 70s. This book does none of those things. Instead, two grieving sisters turn up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where they uncover the traumatic event that shaped their late mother’s life, then try to change it BEFORE it happens. Whoa, time travel. It’s a twisty-turny, mind-bending delight.
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Spent the last two weeks binge-watching seasons 1 and 2 of #thehandmaidstale on @hulu because nothing says ‘yay, summer’ like a brutal, dystopian drama. Even @parkerjd13 is into it (but needs to stop calling me OfJD). The show’s massive success is a testament to the power of the book, which was written in 1986, but hasn’t aged a day. The mark of a true classic. Margaret Atwood, I salute you.
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