So funny!

I like that it included facts that I didn't know about her, like one leg was shorter than the other.

I liked the food one about peaches and ice cream

4.5– a delightful tale as usual from Sloan. great for book lovers. didn’t like the man of it all as much but it was pretty self aware.

I really enjoyed this book. It tells the stories of black voices in the 50's. These events did happen and haven't been told. It makes you think of all forms of oppression.

I also wanted to love this book. It was an ambitious project, to weave an allegory based on the entire Bible, climate crisis, and End Times. I ended up feeling a little terrified (is that possible?), not so much by the apocalyptic events, but by the dynamic between the "wise" adolescents and the drugged/drunk/sex-crazed parents. The smug adolescents seemed just as unanchored morally, as they also dallied in drugs, sex, and drinking, although they were the "remnant" responsible for carrying on society post-storm. The book ended up with Eve (!) the main character, telling her brother he was right, Jesus is science and the Holy Ghost is the "things people make" or "art." The allegory and this conclusion felt altogether forced. I couldn't identity the Jesus character in this or understand how you can make an allegory of Christianity without the centrality of the cross or something cross-like? I'm not sure where I would have been located in this novel (which was a National Book Award Finalist). Maybe just swept out to sea with the other miscellaneous adult bodies. I accept that my generation added to the climate crisis and don't want to minimize this overarching idea. I also accept that the Bible gives believers responsibility for care of God''s world with His help. Maybe this is what allegory is meant to do, irritate us to action. After all, Jonathan Swift didn't really want people to eat babies.

I thought the book was funny. I liked the book

Story of a failing marriage dominated and narrated by a narcissistic sociopathic husband who is slowly poisoning his wife with arsenic. Mia, the wife, is helped by a widower next door neighbor into revelation and healing . With the aid of neighbors undercover agency, they successfully rescue Mia and her two sons from the marriage and she begins the process of healing physically and emotionally. Unfortunately, Paul is still alive and well in another state. A book with a red cover .

Her famous painting has thorns around her neck. She died young and her house now has all her pictures for people to see, and she painted when she had a pain in her back.

Excellent guide to visit Nantucket!