![]() ![]() ![]() Like most shoes designed for women, they were not foot-shaped.”Īnd therein lies the seriousness behind the book’s wit. ![]() She wore them every day for two years, and still they gave her blisters. All he really has going for him is a vasectomy, but “their careless sex was luxurious, like driving a car with heated seats or onboard navigation, some extravagant amenity she’d once considered unnecessary and now couldn’t live without.” Briefly married when she was younger, Claudia found that “married life was like walking around in shoes that almost fit. At 45, having given up on romance, she’s now dating Stuart, a divorced man with whom she has little in common. Marrying such a woman, he tells us seriously, “would be like investing in a generator, an essential power source.” It’s even more fun being inside the head of Claudia Birch, the book’s weary protagonist, who works as a counselor at the Boston women’s clinic that gives the novel its title. Take the following observation from Victor Prine, whose ideal woman would work as a midwife, grow her own vegetables, bake bread and make their children’s clothes. Why? Because, far from being depressing, the book is wonderfully entertaining, boasting a large, varied cast of vividly drawn characters whose company readers will find deeply rewarding, in no small part because lurking in their shadows is the devastatingly wry humor of their creator. ![]() I’m not sure Jennifer Haigh’s extraordinary new novel, “Mercy Street,” which takes on that most polarizing of topics - abortion - will cheer them up exactly, but it would be a terrible mistake to give it a miss because of its hot-button topic. Readers, like TV viewers and moviegoers, could probably use a little cheering up as well. We’re emerging (sort of), much the worse for wear, from a brutal pandemic and six years of nonstop political and cultural polarization that shows no sign of letting up. Now everyone is looking for the next “Ted Lasso.” I guess that makes sense. “Mare of Easttown” was gritty realism’s last gasp. This book will be interesting to any readers who have been touched by addiction or anyone who is interested in reading a sensitive and original take on the issue.According to a film and TV producer I spoke to recently, darkness has been shown the door in Hollywood. The themes addressed in A Walk Down Misery Street are particularly relevant today, as the United States is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of opioid overdose. The author easily communicates these underlying themes through a series of humorous anecdotes and serious situations, making both the patients and fellow staff members he encountered in his work come alive to a wide audience. The book is notable for taking a holistic perspective on the phenomenon of drug addiction, addressing a broad range of issues from the philosophical questions regarding why people use drugs, to the spiritual challenges that loved ones face, and more. Nemirovskiy draws on his real-world experience as a certified substance abuse clinician to provide a unique and accessible perspective on the lives of drug users. Although the accounts are fictionalized, Mr. In his eye-opening new book, A Walk Down Misery Street, Petr Nemirovskiy serves as a compassionate witness to the diverse lives that intersect in a busy outpatient drug treatment clinic and ED of one of New York City's hospitals. ![]()
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