This story is a lot stuffed into a small package. Don’t let the page count fool you, this book will make you think – and feel, like you’ve read a substantial tome. Continue reading →

There is a lot of angst in this book. Much of it related to relationships both personal and familial as well as toward gender and identity. Pretty powerful stuff. Let me tell you, this is not a light read. But I enjoyed it. Even though I struggled a bit to understand the depth of the father-son relationship, which is what this story is primarily about. Continue reading →

The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles (1969)Fiction, 467 pagesBack Bay Books The Victorian age was rarely kind to strong-willed, self-possessed women. Many who displayed these traits and refused to submit to the standards of the day, were often thought … Continue reading →