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Robin Shipton 📚

robinshipton@bookrastinating.com

Joined 3 years, 5 months ago

Reader and (now) writer of #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and #romance, with a smattering of all kinds of other stuff: #history, #polyamory, #WritingCraft, #philosophy, and #TTRPG books.

Mildly #queer, #TransRights supporter, #parent, and #Canadian. #AntiRacism is a process not a checkbox.

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Nora Ephron: Heartburn (Paperback, 1996, Vintage Books)

Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? …

"Heartburn, Ephron’s only novel, is a thinly veiled and darkly hilarious story about a woman whose husband has an affair when she’s seven months pregnant." —Isabel Kaplan, "My boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I'm a writer"

Adam Smith: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (1976, University of Chicago Press) No rating

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon …

“I will yet again beg people to read WEATLH OF NATIONS, a very snappily written book in which Adam Smith spends many pages saying "Hey, here's this new system called capitalism. It could be very useful, but like a gun, if you are not careful, it will blow your face off."” — John Rogers (@jonrog1@twitter.com) twitter.com/jonrog1/status/1596529670824263680