Alina is a young woman, a teacher, in the 1970s, living in the Socialist Republic of Romania, under a restrictive Communist regime. She and her husband, Liviu are generally happy and in love but when Liviu's brother defects, both of them fall under suspicion and her increasingly threatened with surveillance and interrogation. As the stress… Continue reading Book Review: Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
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What I Read – August 2023
Read: Eagle & Crane - Suzanne Rindell (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018) Tom Lake - Ann Patchett (Harper Collins, 2023) The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht (Random House, 2011) Night Theater - Vikram Paralkar (Catapult, 2020) Bottled Goods - Sophie van Llewyn (Harper Perennial, 2020) Did Not Finish: Cursed Bread - Sophie Mackintosh Sun House -… Continue reading What I Read – August 2023