JENNIFER PLATT | Bunkering down with life and death

Kristin Hannah’s 'Another Life' and 'The Woman in the Library' by Sulari Gentill have kept me company in bed recently

19 July 2023 - 21:09

These past two weeks I have enjoyed a golden streak of reading — inhaling books and simply relishing them. Even though I am a devout reader, this happens rarely, but when it does, it’s bliss. I go to bed early, put on my electric blanket (when there is electricity) and read until the wee hours of the morning...

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