Kae finished reading Some of Them Will Carry Me by Giada Scodellaro
Beautiful writing. These stories have a Surrealist, almost hallucinatory quality. The ones that narrate recipes were wonderful, so rich.
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Writer, omnivorous reader. Formerly in law, payments, tech. Co-author, The Anxious Lawyer, a how-to and encourager of meditation for those in the legal profession. Currently working on a book on the friendship between artists Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. I use she/her pronouns.
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Kae started reading Some of Them Will Carry Me by Giada Scodellaro
Kae started reading Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait …
Kae started reading Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
Kae finished reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …
Kae started reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …
Kae reviewed Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley’s work as an actor, screenwriter, and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity, …
Insightful takes on a unique life
4 stars
Sarah Polley has had a very unique life: a child star, she lost her mother at a young age, has gone on to navigate marriage, motherhood and a career in film. I've often wondered what it's like for a person to grow up 'inside' a profession, as child actors or sports players sometimes do. Her reflections on doing just that were quite fascinating.
Kae finished reading Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley’s work as an actor, screenwriter, and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity, and deep humanity. She brings …
Kae finished reading These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will …
Kae reviewed These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the …
Intelligent, moving essays
4 stars
Despite Patchett's Catholic-school good girl-ness, there is no getting around that she's smart and very tough. I bought this book in the airport; it got me through a long day of travel delays followed by another long day of taking a relative to the ER. It was the perfect counterpoint to the inanity of dealing with multiple bureaucracies: thoughtful, humane. I particularly liked the essay about Patchett's "three fathers": the three men who married her mother and her relationship with them over the course of her life.
Kae started reading The Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonor Saunders
The Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonor Saunders
"In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders presents for the first time the shocking evidence that the CIA infiltrated …
Kae started reading Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley’s work as an actor, screenwriter, and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity, and deep humanity. She brings …