Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Bridesmaids: True Tales of Love, Envy, Loyalty . . . and Terrible Dresses” by Eimear Lynch
A wedding day has many ceremonies and requires bit players – like bridesmaids – to support the central characters.…
May 2, 2014-
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees” by Dave Goulson
Consider the bumblebee. It’s big and scary looking, it’s not supposed to be able to fly but it does,…
April 25, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Vernon Downs” a novel by Jaime Clarke
Pity poor Charlie Martens. Since his parents died without making adequate provision for him, Charlie bounced from relative to…
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Flyover Lives: A Memoir” by Diane Johnson
With “Flyover Lives” Diane Johnson, author of “Le Divorce” and many other books and articles, has added a distinctive…
April 4, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Casanova: Actor, Lover, Priest, Spy” by Ian Kelly
Giacomo Casanova has a reputation as a debauched libertine, the model for Don Giovanni, someone who deserved a punishment…
March 28, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Mannequin Girl: A Novel” by Ellen Litman
Growing up is hard to do and, as Ellen Litman demonstrates in her insightful new novel “Mannequin Girl,” it…
March 14, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Mr. Lynch’s Holiday: A Novel” by Catherine O’Flynn
Tempting as it sometimes seems, it’s impossible to run away from your life, or from yourself. But interesting things…
February 28, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Her: A Memoir” by Christa Parravani
When one’s identical twin dies, is one still a twin? That’s one of the central questions in Christa Parravani’s…
February 23, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “My American Revolution: Crossing the Delaware and I-78” by Robert Sullivan
Robert Sullivan has written a series of books contrasting the built and natural landscapes in and around New York…
February 14, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Dud Avocado” by Elaine Dundy
Sally Jay Gorce, a very young American woman just out of college, is the narrator and subject of Elaine…
February 7, 2014