Valerie R. Marvin In the Charge of a Woman Harriet Tenney, Michigan’s First Female State Librarian Michigan State University Press, January 2027. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I found this a compelling history, not only because it introduced me to the remarkable Harriet Tenney, but because of theContinue reading “Week beginning 28 October 2026”
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Week beginning 9 April
Marie Bostwick The Book Club for Troublesome Women HarperCollins Focus | Harper Muse, April 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Marie Bostwick’s book begins with her revelation about her inspiration for it – a conversation with her ninety-one-year-old mother in which Bostwick learnt that Betty Freidan’s The Feminine Mystique had,Continue reading “Week beginning 9 April”
Week beginning 25 September 2024
Elizabeth Strout Tell Me Everything Penguin General UK (Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business, Viking) September 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Strout brings magic to her work and Tell Me Everything is no different. Bob Burgess and Margaret Estaver live in Maine. TheContinue reading “Week beginning 25 September 2024”
