Book recommendations II: Ladies night

Southern love. Meryl Streep submerged in bubbles. A book that nobody knows about.

Preface: The first year of my books newsletter (2018-2019) survives only in email form. I was content to let that era vanish but a handful of people asked for access—so I thought ok, I will compile the old recommendations on Substack, why not. It’s not as though book recommendations expire. Book recommendations are not milk.

So this is installment #2: ei…