“I just kind of grew up immersed in plays, operas, and books that had taken place at least 200 years earlier. And that was my native soil.”
Recommended books:
The Aubrey-Maturin series, by Patrick O’Brian
Testament of Youth, by Vera Brittain
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman
Heart of the Matter, by Emily Giffin
Currently reading books:
The Commodore, by Patrick O’Brian
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
It’s a Love Story, by Annabel Monaghan