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Print As many readers of modern novels know, actress Reese Witherspoon has a book club with an impressive list of picks: “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean, “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens, “Such a Fun Age” by Kiley Reid and “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng. And the latest author to join Reese’s Book Club is San Diego’s Laura Taylor Namey. Her novel “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow” was Reese’s Book Club’s November YA selection, thanks, perhaps, to the many traits it shares with the other picks — complex female characters, multicultu...

Stormy Fairy Tales By Matilda Woods Translated by Laura Watkinson Many of us discover as children that books can be like secret doorways. They might be at the back of a wardrobe or in the side of a giant tree, but wherever the doors lead, once we step through, time will cease to matter and our everyday worries will disappear. Things might get dicey, as there are bound to be stormy nights, impenetrable forests, monsters and witches, but in the end, and this is most important, everything will be all right. I’m almost 50 and both of my daughters are nearly grown, so it is rare that I pick up a...