Monthly Archives: November 2020

Berlin, Lucia. A Manual for Cleaning Women. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2015 (stories all published previously here selected posthumously) F;11/20. This is a big collection (43 stories) of mostly linked and mostly autobiographical tales written by a sort … Continue reading →

Walton, Jo. Or What You Will. Tom Doherty, New York, 2020. F;10/20. Almost 30 years ago I somehow convinced my wife and three young kids to spend a year with me in the south of France. It changed all of … Continue reading →