“Smudged pink harlequin glasses”

August 4, 2014 | 1 book mentioned

Last week, I pointed readers to a Page-Turner essay by Amy Bloom, whose new novel, Lucky Us, came out on Tuesday. Now, as part of the By the Book series in the Times, she talks about her summertime reads, her first picture book and who she’d invite to a literary dinner party. (FYI, we’ve written about the series before.)

is a staff writer for The Millions. He lives in New York.