Have you ever read a book that turned out to be really different from what you expected? For me, Dept. of Speculation was one of those. Jenny Offill’s novel was obliquely described on its book…
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Move along, nothing to see here
True confession: I will probably never press a copy of Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation into anyone’s hot little hands. It doesn’t matter anyway. The thing landed on, like, every Best Of 2014 list in the…
Dept. of Speculation – So much fun to read
On the surface, Dept. of Speculation is the kind of novel that would make me issue forth with dismissive farty noises and a vigorous thumbs down. Struggling Brooklyn writer and mother grapples with ennui and…