Stories By Julia Braun Kessler
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Bolter by Frances Osborne
April 1, 2025She introduces a woman who may have upset those around her by her promiscuity, even nymphomania,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Manhattan: School for Scriveners
March 29, 2025For me, it was the people themselves, their intellectual inclinations, their sophisticated speech, their crisp wit...
Fiction Reviews
All Our Worldly Goods by Irene Nemirovsky
March 19, 2025How might we doubt that any long dead, wholly forgotten writer, who has re-emerged and within...
Fiction Reviews
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
March 9, 2025Such a pity Mary Ann Shaffer is not around to enjoy her celebrity! Shaffer died in...
History
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia by Tim Tsouliadis
March 9, 2025Readers of faint heart beware when embarking upon this superb work of history. So many stories...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall
February 24, 2025By the end of that lecture, Roget had concluded that one of the causes of “the...
Books
Murdering Miss Austen
February 16, 2025Jane Austen, whose sharp tongue barely left her cheek during her short lifetime, and, whose caustic...
Fiction Reviews
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
February 12, 2025Silvio’s tale proceeds to unravel the neighborhood secrets, as he uncovers them with a skill that...




