pickJane is a writer on sabbatical who makes relentlessly terrible choices in this entertaining look at race, identity, parenthood, career.
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pickJane is a writer on sabbatical who makes relentlessly terrible choices in this entertaining look at race, identity, parenthood, career.
📬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐥 📺
I'm back at home in Lodi, CA, after spending 4 glorious weeks on the beautiful island of Maui. 🌴🌺 I've jumped right back into normal life, but enjoyed perusing books that arrived during my absence, including 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 by 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚. It's the Sept. selection of the 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛. I'm anxious to delve into this “cultural comedy“ that is a GMA Book Club pick.
pickA mulatto (her word) woman is a writer, professor, wife, mother, and feels a bit like she‘s failing at all of it. Overly the course of this sharply funny novel, we watch her painting herself into a corner in many ways. It‘s an uncomfortable read in a good way and kind of kept me off balance. I really liked it.
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex.
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My stack from Parnassus yesterday!! I really liked ZZ, too, so I picked up her story collection. The other two were fun finds. Night Guest is horror about chronic illness (too close to home 🤔🫣)!! Penance I‘ve seen around here about #metoo in the restaurant industry. Sounds very Mario Batali.
If you have the chance to see Danzy on book tour, I highly recommend it! Can‘t wait to read Colored Television. Pics of my stack from Parnassus tomorrow. Now sleep!
ZZ Packer is on the right, and I picked up her short story collection, too!
pickPerhaps I should have let this one simmer before attempting to review because I just ended up maybe loving a book in which I was extremely uncomfortable reading for the first few chapters. So, I sidebarred for a couple book reviews and some backstory about the author to become, if not comfortable, then able to grasp the language and settle into this story. It turned out to be very interesting and still unsettling. 👇
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex. This book is the Sept GMA Book Club pick! 💕
New members in the USA can get this book for only $4 at checkout!
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A brilliant dark comedy about love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of Caucasia. 🎬 Order a copy today!
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