Friday Favorites: December 14
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My neighbor and fellow writer Carin Rubenstein, who writes about social trends, says in her free time she loves to read fiction. She is chairwoman of the Warner Library’s Board of Trustees and author of a few books, including “Beyond the Mommy Years: How to Live Happily Ever After.”
Earlier this month she finished reading “Then We Came to the End,” Joshua Ferris, which was just listed on the New York Times List of ten best books of 2007 and which won the National Book Award.
“The daring thing this book does,” says Rubenstein, “is that it is all in the first person plural – we. You really have to get used to it. It is odd and it sucks you into the story and makes you feel it is happening to you, too.”
The story is about a group of people who work together in an office and about the world they create in their advertising agency, she explained when I called her this morning to prompt her for a recommendation.
“It is enjoyable and not what you expect,” she said. “It is a good read, not sure it is one of the ten best, or five best fiction books, but it is daring.”
You can read her full comments on her own blog at www.tivolady.com
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