“Most of you have heard, by now, what happened to my brother, or a version of it: the alarming events of that spring and summer, the single, vile accusation, still unproven, that made a ruin of his life.” Jennifer Haigh is an author who deserves more attention than she gets. I can say this with … Continue reading Faith, by Jennifer Haigh
Tag: literary fiction
Reader’s Journal: Girl Waits With Gun
Charming is a word I would like to see restored. These days when people say "charming" they often mean quaint, or old, or precious. For me, the word evokes the idea of having grace and spunk in equal measure, and knowing when it’s appropriate to use more of one and less of the other, or—to use … Continue reading Reader’s Journal: Girl Waits With Gun
The Evening Reader 