Monthly Archives: March 2014

A Review of Abraham Verghese’s The Tennis Partner

Posted on March 2, 2014 by lfpbe

I was taught to distrust memoirs, to think of autobiography as a lesser art than fiction. I don’t remember a moment when I was taught this lesson explicitly; it is just an impression that I picked up along the way … Continue reading →

Posted in Abraham Verghese, Authors, Nonfiction - General, Nonfiction - Memoir/Biography, Nonfiction - Science, Nonfiction - Sports/Recreation, Reviews by Bethany | 2 Comments

A brief Irish history lesson and a progress-report on Sebastian Barry’s The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

Posted on March 1, 2014 by badkitty1016

I read another of Barry’s novels back when PfP was in its infancy.  I reread my post recently and I said that we would be seeing lots of Sebastian Barry on the blog.  And now I’m finally getting back to … Continue reading →

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