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2 Books to Read Instead of Meditating

A gentle and clever comic novel; a poetic and tender essay on addiction.

Édouard Manet/Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection

Dear readers,

Anyone who is bad at meditating will be familiar with the tension that obtains when you try to force serenity. Nothing could be more aggravating than being told to relax — especially when you’re issuing the order yourself.

In lieu of attempting to clear my head through more direct means, I’ve been gravitating toward contemplative novels and poetry this spring. Two of them below, for your consideration.

Molly


Fiction, 1980

First, the place. Laddenham is a country village in England The time is 1980-ish. Light industry is booming and new houses are going up to capture prosperous overspill from London.

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