THAT’S ALL I KNOW – Elisa Levi

“Look, sir, here’s your dog. I told you dog weren’t like me, dogs stick around.” “And they’d tell me that if I was going to be so distrustful of the outsiders, I’d end up hating them, and in small towns hatred is more dangerous than guns, the forest, or illness.” With perhaps the most perfectContinue reading “THAT’S ALL I KNOW – Elisa Levi”

THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER – Jemimah Wei

“Irrevocably dispersed throughout the land he abandoned, the land where he belonged.” Until page 150, I thought Jemimah Wei’s The Original Daughter (Doubleday 2025) was easily going to be a 4-star read. I enjoyed the storytelling style and, more importantly for me, I enjoyed the story.  At page 150, there is a marked shift inContinue reading “THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER – Jemimah Wei”