Harvey Freedenberg
@harvf.bsky.social
Reader and writer for BookPage, Bookreporter, Shelf Awareness & Kirkus Reviews. Also meditator, golfer, Dickinson College & University of Michigan Law School alum. I care about our democracy, too.
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Book review of Wreck by Catherine Newman
Wreck is a warmhearted family story about the fragility of life and the bonds of affection that help us weather its most difficult moments.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I enjoyed that novel, as I wrote in this review: www.bookpage.com/reviews/wrec...
This sentence, from a recent profile of Lockwood in the New Yorker, describes where I am right now: “If the book’s prismatic structure and subjective immediacy feel baffling to encounter, that is because bafflement is the point.“
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This sentence, from a recent profile of Lockwood in the New Yorker, describes where I am right now: “If the book’s prismatic structure and subjective immediacy feel baffling to encounter, that is because bafflement is the point.“