A line of poetry from Marge Piercy's memoir, Sleeping with Cats. Marge and her man live with five cats in Massachusetts. I just sampled a bit of the book via Kindle after trying to remember the title of a Marge Piercy novel I read a long time ago. From the sample I'm curious enough to go to the nearest library- (which not only owns a copy, but also has 43 other books by Piercy.) Looks like a Marge Piercy read-a-thon might be in my future. Her memoir got excellent reviews except by a few people who assumed it would be strictly a book about cats. Obviously cats are important to Piercy, but this is her memoir, after all.Prolific poet and novelist Piercy retells her life from the bottom up, starting in working-class Detroit.
~ Library Journal
A little something from the Letters page of The Financial Times. But I care not for the people who live now and will not be living when the long-run comes.
I remember reading Middlemarch and Silas Marner, but the George Eliot novel I liked best was The Mill on the Floss even though I've been told it isn't 'as good' as Middlemarch. I have only the vaguest of vague memories of Silas Marner since it was assigned reading in school.
2 comments:
BBC's Daniel Deronda (2002) is highly recommended.
I have never read her, but She sounds VERY interesting.I will investigate.
Funnily Enough, I've just been talking to a Friend in Massachussets.I,m planning a return visit in May.She lives in MA.A Good Primer for my trip!
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