Lauren LeBlanc Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Lauren LeBlanc

For @nytimesbooks, I wrote about Amy Rowland's wrenching novel INSIDE THE WOLF. Set in rural North Carolina, Rowland concentrates on the aftermath of gun violence, the American romance with guns, and the mythologies & gossip that heal and hurt us. https://t.co/QZABfWSjn2

Lauren LeBlanc

@TheBookMaven @riverheadbooks Elizabeth Bowen's THE HOUSE IN PARIS for my @Center4Fiction reading group with @Fernham and also I must finish TWO LIVES: Janet Malcolm for my #womenbios22 book group. If I manage to do it all, I can return to Yiyun Li's THE BOOK OF GOOSE.

Lauren LeBlanc

Finished ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE last night and will begin listening to THE BURGESS BOYS on audiobook. I'm trying to remember the last time an author seized me with the absolute need to read all her books. In summer 2003, I read all the novels that Ann Patchett had published. 1/2

Lauren LeBlanc

Loved writing about HUMAN BLUES and speaking with Elisa Albert for @OprahDaily. LOST AND FOUND: @kathrynschulz was another book that latched onto my heart and wouldn't let go. Read my @BGlobeBooks review of it. https://t.co/fH4qSludoV

Lauren LeBlanc

Wrote about the invisible intersection of motherhood and creative work in response to Julie Phillips' terrific book THE BABY ON THE FIRE ESCAPE for @latimesbooks https://t.co/OyOK4nPXZ6

Lauren LeBlanc

She writes with an unrushed assurance and confidence that breeds comfort …Hadley’s stories flicker vividly as powerful vignettes that compress personal histories, offering the reader entry into a brief period of time in which the characters upend perceptions.

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Lauren LeBlanc

Reading TRACE EVIDENCE: Charif Shanahan today & his lines: "Try to love yourself, darling,/ He says, You're going to be here a long time," from his poem "Control," gave me chills and brought me to tears. I'm feeling the emotional impact of Marie Howe's WHAT THE LIVING DO.

Lauren LeBlanc

I opened the ARC of Andrea Barrett's NATURAL HISTORY late this afternoon and found that her epigraph comes from Willa Cather's THE PROFESSOR'S HOUSE---which I read this very morning. The very same line.

Lauren LeBlanc

Ultimately, this is not only a book about the drama of these deep, lifelong relationships. What Pinckney seems to want to elevate is their best elements: enthusiasm, forgiveness, support, continuity.

Lauren LeBlanc

For @nytimesbooks, I wrote about Amy Rowland's wrenching novel INSIDE THE WOLF. Set in rural North Carolina, Rowland concentrates on the aftermath of gun violence, the American romance with guns, and the mythologies & gossip that heal and hurt us. https://t.co/QZABfWSjn2