The first time I read Arlington Park, I was so taken with Juliet that I didn’t want to leave her to switch to Amanda. This time, it didn’t feel like a brusque change, but felt right. Because it’s not just about one of us; it’s about all of us.
A new book, The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy, the memoir of a three-month family stay, is forthcoming from Faber and Faber later this month.
Cynthia Newberry Martin is a writer whose work has appeared in Contrary and Storyglossia, among other journals. Her first novel, The Painting Story, was a finalist in the Emory University Novel Contest. She writes "catching days," a blog on reading, writing, and life, and is working on a new novel. …
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Arlington Park: A Novel
Set over the course of one rainy day in a London suburb, Arlington Park is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence. ...
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1 - Kimberly Davis
A great and honest review of an up and coming author. Thanks!