Bad Mother by Ayelet Waldman
There’s not much of a summary I can post for this book. Basically it’s a set of essays/memoirs of Waldman’s experiences as a mother. Waldman claimes to be a bad mother because she discusses way in which she is unlike the stereotypical “good mother”. But I disagree (and I think she [...]
Archive > November 2009
Book Review: Bad Mother
Lest We Forget
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with [...]
Book Review: Benny and Shrimp
Benny and Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti
Desire is mourning her late husband and Benny his mother. The grave sites happen to be right next to each other and Benny and Desire often find themselves sitting on a bench in the graveyard together. At first, they are annoyed by the presence of another person, but eventually they [...]
