Tag: New England

  • The Handmaids Tale – Margaret Atwood

    Why would one read a truly dystopian novel? I have read several books by Margaret Atwood and have enjoyed the work of a skilled writer but I have avoided reading The Handmaids Tale for many years, having seen several articles about the content as well as  trailers of the television series. (It was published in […]

  • The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve

    The bookcase on the landing has many books upon it that I would have bought and read back in the 80s and 90s. Susan Sallis, Erica James, Katie Fforde and Anita Shreve. All female writers I notice. At that time my reading habits were very different. I was teaching full time and had 4 young […]