LeliaApr 191 minPenelope Fitzgerald & the Exponentially PossibleBarbara Pym wasn’t a Penelope Fitzgerald fan. In a letter to Phillip Larkin, Pym writes, “I read Penelope Fitzgerld’s The Book Shop,...
LeliaMar 192 minTrying and Losing in Fitzgerald's The BookshopPenelope Fitzgerald writes such quietly brutal books. Florence Green with her naivete and kindness says toward the end of The Bookshop,...
LeliaJan 24 minMy Best-of Book List for 2021I like year-end best-of lists. Reading others’ lists is a fun way to learn about things I’ve missed. And thinking about my own best-of...
LeliaDec 1, 20212 minFalling in Love with Penelope FitzgeraldPenelope Fitzgerald always wanted her children to be well-educated, to study foreign languages, to be employable. In her biography of...