You Have Left the Planned Route | Melissa Firman

You Have Left the Planned Route | Melissa Firman

Two Book Reviews: Devotion; Slow Motion, both by Dani Shapiro

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Melissa Firman
Jul 28, 2014
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Devotion

You’re getting a two-fer with today’s review, mainly because these books are so connected (and yet, not) and because I read them back to back.

Dani Shapiro has been on my want-to-read list for awhile. She shows up regularly on lists of recommended memoirs and we have slightly more than a baker’s dozen of writing friends in common via Facebook.

I wasn’t su…

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