![]() “My favorite of the author’s oeuvre is Look At Me, but any of her novels-all remarkably consistent in theme and form-are an absolute delight. I continue to find it enthralling as an adult.”. Louise Fitzhugh’s novel is a classic because it doesn’t condescend to the young reader: It’s smart, and dark, and funny. “I first read this book in third grade and probably reread it that very same year. ![]() Decades on I still turn to this book when I need to feel reinvigorated.”. Moore’s voice is irresistible, her sentences electric, her worldview uniquely her own. “I discovered this book in high school and fell immediately under its spell. I’ve found myself staying up way too late reading.” …made me want to be a writer ![]() “Rufi’s first two novels- The Girls from Corona del Mar and Dear Fang, With Love-are funny and warm and smart and unpredictable, and her newest is, too. ![]() “No one ever takes me up on it, because it’s long and sounds boring (a man goes to visit his cousin, sick at a sanitorium, for a couple of weeks he himself falls in and stays for seven years), but it’s an extraordinary read, and I will continue to recommend it.” …currently sits on my nightstand That’s the kind of experience with a book I truly treasure.” …I recommend over and over again “I was reading this on the subway to work, and so lost inside of it I got off at my stop, sat on a bench, and finished reading. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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