Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
I enjoyed the story. It reminded me very much of the many David Lodge novels I've read, although it was nice to have as the central character a woman who is older, independent, intellectual, plain, and yet still sexually active. Lurie didn't feel compelled to make Vinnie "still beautiful." I was a little surprised it won a Pulitzer. It seemed more like a summer read to me.