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The first chapter, dealing with the night of the fire, had me in tears as I recalled that night. The following chapters, chronicling Notre Dame's history, were less compelling but did fill in some aspects of French history I'd not known about before.
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal …
I bought this book because I followed the author's tweets the night of the Notre Dame fire. I really liked the first chapter, about the night of the fire — but the following chapters tracing the history of Notre Dame aren't doing much for me so far. Also, the book is poorly bound, which is annoying.
Literary Award: Women's Prize for Fiction (2022)
A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with …
Palo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and demonstrably …
Writing with warmth and humor, Connie Schultz reveals the rigors, joys, and absolute madness of a new marriage at midlife …
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
