In The Company of Strangers (Talonbooks) by Mary Meigs remains one of the best, if not the very best, book(s) of the decade. If you read nothing else this year, read this one.
Review of "Happening", "The Years", and "A Girl's Story" by Annie Ernaux
The large supply of nine-volt batteries suddenly made sense
Review of "The Adversary" by Michael Crummey.
