Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary Wives … Continue reading Literary Wives: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
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Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
The reason I read this book was because of all the good reviews I have seen about it. The writing is good, certainly, and the book is full of passages to ponder. But the voice and feeling of the book felt sad to me, right from the beginning. It is told from the point of … Continue reading Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Consumed by Ink 