Books by Roger Rosenblatt
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review 1: What an odd book! Recommended to me by a local librarian, this memoir has a bit of everything. Some of Rosenblatt's anecdotes were pageturning memories of life in an NYC from year's ago. I loved his depiction of the "perfect crime", his logic for delaying the restaurant special...
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review 1: A writing professor talks about how he teaches writing by describing his writing class. The usual stuff, cut down on adjectives and adverbs, develop characterization by descriptive word choice and action, and so forth. He definitely prefers a pared down style of writing. My favor...
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review 1: When Roger's daughter, Amy collapses and dies from a heart condition at age thirty-eight, Roger and his wife, Ginny, leave their home on Long Island to move in with their son-in-law, Harris, and their three young grandchildren: six year old Jessica, four year old Sammy, and one y...
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review 1: This book has a peculiar structure. It jumps around and I feel as though I am reading the author's journal. It is the type of book that needs to be digested in small bits. There are powerful nuggets but then I would read on and find myself questioning how some segments even made ...