Fonseca by Jessica Frances Kane

Fonseca by Jessica Francis Kane
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fonseca is a good and gentle fiction read based on the author Penelope Fitzgerald's visit to Saltillo, Mexico after WWII with her young son seeking a future inheritance. She'd been summoned by the two wealthy Irish women who own a silver mine in the area. Fitzgerald never wrote about it, but it is an involving tale peppered with memorable characters, some actual like Edward Hopper and his artist wife, Jo.

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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A warm, readable collection of letters from a septuagenarian coming to terms with the indignities of aging and a long-held grief from losing her young son. Inspired me to pick up the pen and write a letter myself. Also, good book recommendations.

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Flesh by David Szaly

Flesh by David Szalay
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Browsing the wildly varied reviews on Goodreads.com, I opened this story with some trepidation, but it was a thorough pleasure reading about passive Istfan ("okay") and his misadventures and thinking about alienation, masculinity, and migration.
Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize.



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