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Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich

The Tent by Margaret Atwood

Tiny Crimes by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto

April 7, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Natural Causes – 3 Stars This is Barbara Ehrenreich’s muckraking polemic on the death industries. Kind of. It shares a lot of similarities with Jessica Mitford’s classic book(s) The American Way of Death (and The American Way of Death Revisited, which is probably the version to read these days), but rather than focusing on the funeral industry, which this book hardly mentions, the focus is on the prolonging of life that especially Americans put themselves through. This books covers health food, health fads, exercise, medicine, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Barbara Ehrenreich, lincoln michel and nadxieli nieto, Margaret Atwood, natural causes, the tent, tiny crimes

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:171 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Barbara Ehrenreich, lincoln michel and nadxieli nieto, Margaret Atwood, natural causes, the tent, tiny crimes ·
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The problem here is I don’t think I like short stories

January 25, 2017 by Caitlin_D 7 Comments

This collection of short stories feels more like Atwood published her “idea journal” for public consumption. I read one review that suggested that, despite its short length, it may be better enjoyed in short spurts which  I did not consider until it was too late. In the few instances I found myself enjoying a story it would inevitably end a few sentences later, as is the nature of short stories. The longer poems were probably the most enjoyable because they felt the most complete as […]

Filed Under: Short Stories Tagged With: Margaret Atwood, the tent

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:13 · Genres: Short Stories · Tags: Margaret Atwood, the tent ·
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