Reviews by Cathleen K. (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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Clock Dance
Clock Dance: A Novel
by Anne Tyler
Quirky (7/18/2018)
Anne Tyler is the master of quirky. Her characters often live lives that fit them rather than society, and in which they can find family. Not our main character in Clock Dance. After a tough childhood, Willa has given up a promising academic career to marry and to live a …more
The Story of Arthur Truluv
The Story of Arthur Truluv: A Novel
by Elizabeth Berg
True Love (6/3/2017)
The only thing bad about this book is that it ended. The story is a simple one about an old man mourning his wife, a girl with a nose ring and a busy-body neighbor. It's that simple, but oh how these characters can get into your thoughts and your heart. The key character in …more
Everybody Rise
Everybody Rise
by Stephanie Clifford
Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford (3/29/2015)
Meet the modern-day Lily Bart. Like her predecessor, Evelyn Topfer Beegan is a young woman just below the peak of New York City social life who will go to great lengths to reach the top and there find a permanent place. Who is she? And how much of her desperation is her own, …more
Treasure Island!!!
Treasure Island!!!
by Sara Levine
A Treasure (3/25/2013)
This is a quirky and often funny book -- with a very serious undercurrent. Anyone familiar with Lena Dunham's "Girls" and/or the films "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Juno" will enjoy this book and perhaps understand it.
Remove your critical judgment and enter into …more
In Search of the Rose Notes
In Search of the Rose Notes: A Novel
by Emily Arsenault
In Search of the Rose Notes, by Emily Arsenault (6/14/2011)
In reading this book, I felt I was reading a Nancy Drew for grownups. It involves the lives of two young girls and the mysterious death of their babysitter. As they progress from pre-teen to older teen to young women, their lives change, profoundly influenced by their …more
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