Recent content from Marci Schmitt
Morning forecast: 41, mix of sun and clouds
It'll be chilly Saturday and Sunday, with a chance of mixed precipitation late Sunday, but there's a warmup on the way.
Review: 'Shoulder Season,' by Christina Clancy
Books in brief
Afternoon forecast: 32, chance of flurries
There's a chance of light snow or flurries early this afternoon, with clearing later today that may give us a glimpse of tonight's partial lunar eclipse.
Review: 'The Hare,' by Melanie Finn
The HareBy Melanie Finn. (Two Dollar Radio, 320 pages, $16.99.) Masculinity is toxic, decisions are poor and the class divide is deep in Melanie Finn's…
Review: 'The Growing Season,' by Sarah Frey
The Growing SeasonBy Sarah Frey. (Ballantine Books, 251 pages, $27.)Sarah Frey describes her inspiring climb from "brutally" impoverished Illinois farm girl to agribusiness titan in…
Review: 'Without Her,' by Rosalind Brackenbury
Without HerBy Rosalind Brackenbury. (Delphinium, 277 pages, $16.)Now in their late 60s, Claudia and Hannah have been friends since they were smart, rebellious girls at…
Reviews: 'The Last Day,' by Andrew Hunter Murray, and 'In the Land of Men,' by Adrienne Miller
The Last Day By Andrew Hunter Murray. (Dutton, 384 pages, $27.) Welcome to Earth in 2059. It’s not pretty. Forty years earlier, the planet’s…
Bookmark: Packing up books was itself a moving experience
What do you do with your books when you move: Do you pare down or just pack up?
Reviews: 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,' by Lori Gottlieb, and 'At Briarwood School for Girls,' by Michael Knight
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone By Lori Gottlieb. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 412 pages, $28.) Few mysteries are more intoxicating than what goes on…