On my birthday I like to make a trip to Warwick’s in La Jolla to find a book I didn’t know I wanted to read. This year Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler caught my eye. It’s a memoir written by the Viennese milliner, Trudi Kanter, in the time of Hitler. It was my love … Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler, by Trudi Kanter
No one gets out of this life without loss. A Three Dog Life, by Abigail Thomas, is packed with brutal observations, mostly about loss, made palatable by moments of pure comic relief. Thomas tells the story of her life before and after her husband, Rich, suffers from traumatic brain injury after being hit by a … Memory Loss
I’ve been reading Accidental Genius, by Mark Levy. The title is what intrigued me, and I confess I will open up any book with the word accidental in the title. That’s because of a book I’ve enjoyed reading again and again, The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler. Levy’s book begins at an exciting pace, with … Opening up words