K. Atkinson, Life after life
A. Christie, Passenger from Frankfurt
D. Darke, A house in Damascus
D. du Maurier, The du Mauriers
C. Moran, How to be a woman
V.S. Naipaul, The Masque of Africa
J. Updike, Couples
I'm liking this month's selection. Broad, and good; many were excellent. However, none could compare to Solomon's astonishing, detailed, documentation of the lives of disabled and 'different' children and their families. Obviously, this feels like a dangerous book to read when a baby is on the way, but it's not. It was warm but not fuzzy; emotional without being sentimental; and a worthy tribute to the people it recorded. There is more on it here. It did also make me cry, but that is a function of the coming baby.
