‘The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy’
• July 24, 2019

This slim recollection of America’s first family suffers from a lack of fresh material. Reviewed by Kitty Kelley With hundreds of Kennedy books bending library shelves (I’ve written two: “Jackie […]

‘L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Ddeath of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron”’
• July 10, 2019

In this account of a little-remembered 19th-century poet, tireless research makes for tiresome reading Reviewed by Kitty Kelley “LE.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the […]

‘Food on the Move: Dining on the Legendary Railway Journeys of the World’
• June 5, 2019

Reviewed by Kitty Kelly “Food on the Move” is an uninspired title, especially for a book that presents epicurean dining on some of the world’s legendary railways. Why couldn’t the […]

‘The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor’
• May 20, 2019

THOUGH ENGAGING, THIS BIOGRAPHY OFFERS LITTLE FRESH INSIGHT INTO THE SCANDALOUS “ROYAL.” Anna Pasternak boasts a famous name, thanks to her great uncle, Boris Pasternak, who wrote “Doctor Zhivago” and […]

‘Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law’
• May 1, 2019

A FASCINATING LOOK AT ALL THINGS LEGAL FROM THE FORMER HEAD OF NEW YORK’S SOUTHERN DISTRICT. With “Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law,” […]

Michelle Obama’s Riveting Read
• April 18, 2019

IN ‘BECOMING,’ THE FORMER FIRST LADY TELLS A COMPELLING TALE. A few months ago, Michelle Obama zoomed to the top of the best-seller list with “Becoming” and set the gold […]

‘Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup’
• April 6, 2019

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NEFARIOUS STARTUP PLAYS GAMES WITH PEOPLE’S HEALTH? As a little girl, Elizabeth Anne Holmes was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I want […]

Kitty Kelley Interviews Diane Kiesel, Author of ‘She Can Bring Us Home’
• March 26, 2019

THE NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE AND FORMER JOURNALIST DISCUSSES A GROUNDBREAKING CIVIL RIGHTS FIGURE WHO NEVER REALLY GOT HER DUE. REVIEWED BY KITTY KELLEY Kitty Kelley: Who was […]

Death Rarely Takes a Holiday: ‘The Friend’
• March 7, 2019

A WRITER SORTS OUT HER LOVER’S SUICIDE IN SIGRID NUNEZ’S INTIMATE, INCANDESCENT NOVEL. REVIEWED BY KITTY KELLEY If “The Friend” by Sigrid Nunez, a 2018 National Book Award winner, slipped […]

‘All In’ for the Georgetown Book Club
• January 23, 2019

By Kitty Kelley [Editor’s note: Usually in this space, The Georgetowner runs book reviews by author Kitty Kelley. In this issue, we switch it up and find Kelley joining a […]