Sale PSA: Frame denim with a great ankle slit, now 40% off, a great shoulder bag from The Row, now 30% off, basic Nike Blazer sneakers, now $56, and a shrunken terry sweatshirt from Lou & Grey, now $12 (I also like this cropped tank, also $12!).
1. It is sale season, so sharing something even though it is super hot where I am – this baby alpaca cardigan by Lauren Manoogian, now 40% off.
I love Lauren Manoogian. She is a recent favorite. I found her after I had a less than perfect fit with a wool coat from Elizabeth Suzann – Manoogian’s items are just so drapey and I love that she uses natural materials and mostly works in neutral. There are lots of LM items on sale, so check them out!
PS: The cardigan above was also listed at some point on Matches for 70% (!!) off – maybe bookmark for a return if you really want!
2. A fun excerpt from Vanity Fair, about high roller poker.
3. What Serena Williams can’t live without, via NYMag. Although to be honest I wish there were more goodies and bits I could learn about Serena. Like with Jessica Jung’s (I know nothing about JJ except that she is an Hermes fan and thus I have a natural interest in her).
4. I am really feeling this piece, via the NY Times, about a long cruel summer coming up for parents. And also, for some comic relief – what kids report their parents are doing all day when they say they’re working, (aka blah blah blahing on the phone), via The Cut.
5. This week I read A Burning, from Megha Majumdar.
This novel is so good! It’s been on my wishlist for a while – I am generally drawn to books set in India…as I would LOVE to go to India one day and was kind of in the early stages of planning a trip, when Covid struck. This novel follows three interwoven stories set in contemporary India – it touches on a ton of topics like politics, social media, classism, racism, and more. If you can do with a less than super duper happy ending (not saying it’s a DOWNER but this is not a romantic comedy sort of book), I highly recommend A Burning.
Also – if you have any other book/movie recommendations about or in India – please share! I need more!
16 Comments
Anna
June 26, 2020 at 8:59 amOrdering The Burning right now! Along the same lines I highly recommend The God of Small Things. It is a hauntingly sad story but so well-written, in a very distinct style.
Kat
June 26, 2020 at 11:45 amLove The God of Small Things!
kirstin
June 26, 2020 at 9:01 amHave you read THE WINDFALL? I loved it, and it reminds me of your book! Also, SERIOUS MEN. xoxo.
Kat
June 26, 2020 at 9:24 amLoved THE WINDFALL (I think they used it as a comp, ha!). I’m getting SERIOUS MEN right now, hank you!!
Lisa
June 27, 2020 at 6:32 amI love all of Jhumpa Lahiri’s books.
KLS
June 26, 2020 at 11:01 amHave you read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry? It is expansive and moving.
Kat
June 26, 2020 at 11:46 amYES! I love all of RM’s books and would recommend them!
Tanya
June 26, 2020 at 7:14 pmA suitable Boy! Another epic read!
Elle
June 26, 2020 at 2:09 pmI recently read Carmen Maria Machado’s “Her Body and Other Parties” and “In the Dream House”; I LOVED both. Her “genre” (magical realism with a touch of horror? hard to define) is a few steps outside my comfort zone, but I can’t get enough! Would recommend!!
Have a great weekend, Kat!
Kat
June 26, 2020 at 6:03 pmLOVED “Her Body” – that ribbon story?? Amazing….I’m going to try In The Dream House now, thank you! Have a great weekend my friend!
GS
June 26, 2020 at 3:00 pmNew commenter, longtime lurker here—if you haven’t yet read A SUITABLE BOY by Vikram Seth, I highly recommend! It’s long but totally absorbing and brings home the magnificence and complexity of India so vividly. I think you will love it.
Kat
June 26, 2020 at 6:03 pmI tried this one a long time ago – should I give it another go?? I’m going to, thank you!
Anonymous
June 26, 2020 at 3:43 pmLoved the CUT article! Laughed while reading kids’ perspective of their parents! Got me wondering about how my kids perceive my work!
Bee
June 28, 2020 at 1:03 amI loved Djinn Patrol on the Purple line by Deepa Anappara. It is beautifully written, but not a fairy tale ending. A really heartfelt depiction of what life is like in India’s bastis (slums)
Kat
June 28, 2020 at 6:55 amThis looks wonderful, adding, thank you!
Rachel
July 2, 2020 at 2:07 pmHope you can get to India when it’s safe to travel again – it’s such an incredible place.
As others have said A Fine Balance is just incredible. Another book I read when we were in India was The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. It’s a short, powerful read that takes place in modern India and I think you’d appreciate the social nuances of the story.