Reviews by Myrna M. (Chapel Hill, NC)

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Natural History
Natural History: Stories
by Andrea Barrett
A book that lingers (8/11/2022)
This book sneaks up on you. Yes, the writing flows with simple yet elegant language--much like the foremost character Henrietta. Why should I care about her, an amateur scientist, a naturalist, an unmarried school teacher in a small town? Yet her life is a series of …more
On a Night of a Thousand Stars
On a Night of a Thousand Stars
by Andrea Yaryura Clark
The Stars Don't Twinkle (2/14/2022)
As a writer, I am hesitant to express negative thoughts about the work of another writer. So I will begin this review with one positive: the background of this book is one that needs to be told and retold. The history of political unrest of Argentina in the 1970s; the …more
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir
by Sara Seager
Enjoying Astrophysics (7/12/2020)
Are astrophysicists like you and I? That was the question I raised to myself when I began reading Sara Seagar's memoir, The Smallest Light in the Universe.

In straight-forward prose, Seagar describes her life from awkward, virtually friendless child to naïve scientist to …more
Actress
Actress
by Anne Enright
Acclaim for this "Actress" (11/20/2019)
Avid reader though I am, I had never heard of Anne Enright until I requested The Actress for review. Now I plan to read all of her books. What does this say about The Actress?

It is an epic poem in the guise of prose, an epic poem with only the barest whiff of a plot, a …more
Beirut Hellfire Society
Beirut Hellfire Society
by Rawi Hage
Didn't Light My Fire (5/15/2019)
I don't like being negative, but I have no choice if I am honest. The first few pages intrigued me--Lebanon, war-time, a free-thinker. Although from time to time an interesting character appears, the book is a series of vignettes tied together by the central character, …more
The Milk Lady of Bangalore
The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure
by Shoba Narayan
You Can Go Home Again (12/17/2017)
One person's religious tradition is another person's superstition. Shoba Narayan illustrates this charmingly in her paean to her Indian roots. I bring sugar, salt and bread to a new home, a Jewish tradition—she, reluctantly but determinedly, follows her neighbor's by …more
Strangers in Budapest
Strangers in Budapest
by Jessica Keener
Trouble in Budapest (10/16/2017)
An old man travels to Budapest to seek justice or revenge for the death of his daughter. A fortyish man leaves security in America and goes to Budapest to join a cast of entrepreneurs seeing to cash in on a potentially new economy; his wife's family misfortunes propel her …more
Happiness
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by Heather Harpham
The Truth Behind Happiness (6/25/2017)
When I started this book, I thought it might be a non-fiction slightly different version of Jodi Picoult's novel, My Sister's Keeper—but after 40-50 pages, I was disabused of that notion. This, too, is a tale about a sick child and a donor sibling, but it is a tale of truth …more
The Typewriter's Tale
The Typewriter's Tale
by Michiel Heyns
The Typewriter's Tale (12/26/2016)
Mix words like perambulation, amanuensis and colloquy, a bright but naïve young woman who must earn her keep, the working mind of Henry James, and titillating bits of information about the James brothers and you have The Typewriter's Tale.

Unless you are a devotee of Henry …more
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