Neil Leadbeater reviews A Hole in the Ocean: A Hamptons’ Apprenticeship by Sandy McIntosh. An excerpt:
The truth of the matter
is that our going is not particularly missed or even noticed – such is the
brevity of life and all it has to offer. McIntosh has a way of making us aware
of this fact by seasoning it with intelligence, foresight and wit. Between the
lines, there is something here that is at once deep, engaging and profound.
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Volcano, the new book
by Tana Jean Welch, isn’t understated or sitting quietly on a shelf somewhere.
No. It’s a bold book whose cover art should tell you what you are in for. A
woman’s head is blinded and appears to be lying back as you pick it up and look
at it. As you turn it around you will read what a couple of people have to say
about it. Then walk to the counter and buy it. How is that for a review?
With CHARLOTTE
SONGS, Paul Pines has crafted a most moving and charming paean to a
father-daughter relationship. Here, he offers poems celebrating his life with
his daughter. I open the book at random--I know all of the pages will provide
pleasure or satisfaction so why choose?
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