Today is the First Friday of the month, dedicated to Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Today is the Feast of Saint Philip (died c. 80) and Saint James (died c.62), Apostles. It is also World Press Freedom Day. And today is the Second Day of the Second Weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Continue reading “Daily Update: Friday, May 3rd, 2024”Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
This novel, announced as an Oprah 2.0 Book Club Selection on December 2nd, 2019, is the sequel to Olive Kitteridge (2008), which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This book is a hard book to read, as many of the stories hit close to home; but essentially the book is about relationships (or the lack of them) and about growing old.
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