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Laura Dave’s The First Husband: Sometimes Love Gets Messy
Monday, May 21st, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Annie Adams loves the film Roman Holiday. “It was my comfort movie,” she says. “It was, quite simply, my comfort.” Unfortunately for Annie, every viewing
Between Two Worlds: 100 Days in an Iranian Prison
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Roxana Saberi was living the American dream. Born in New Jersey of immigrant parents—her father was from Iran, her mother from Japan—she grew up in
The Amazing Staying Power of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, a novel about the pre-Civil Rights South, has dominated the bestseller lists for a year. The story’s protagonist, Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan,
















