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Original Essays | December 12, 2009

Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others



I have recently written a novel about life in England during the Second World War. I felt some concern before I tackled this theme — the War... Continue »
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    La's Orchestra Saves the World

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Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both by Laura Sessions Stepp
Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both

newyorkacademic, March 12, 2007

This is not a book about the college singles scene and the preceeding review missed the point in order to accuse (oh gosh) the author of 'not getting any'... The book is about the vanity of youth and this too is an old, old, story. However, no book (and no teacher) can bring this message home: this is the work of experience, as any fool can and does learn from experience.
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