Saturday, November 14, 2015

Bookstores, Babies, and Moments That Make Up a Storied Life


Off the Shelf
By Leora Bernstein    |   Friday, November 13, 2015
We all like the familiar. As often as people chant “Change is good,” we really only like to make small deviations in an otherwise static existence. I’m the first to admit that I am stubborn and can easily get stuck in my ways, but I can’t hold a candle to A. J. Fikry and his stable, steady life at the beginning of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. And this book, charming and loving and warm, reminded me why change, scary as it may be, is ultimately and usually a good thing. READ MORE

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