An aging feminist meets a new generation in Brian Morton’s sharp, sympathetic novel ‘Florence Gordon’
By giving her characters perfect endings, the wildly popular writer may actually undermine them
Plus Gary Shteyngart officially named a Russophobe, and more in the news
Helen Fielding’s heroine isn’t Jewish, but her internal conflict is acutely familiar to Jewish women
Her heroines are Jewish, but the best-selling novelist is working—despite her protests—in a goyish genre
Unzipped: Those who do and those who don’t—frank talk about Jews and sex
Beach reads of all stripes
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