I have to admit, I am not a reader of fiction. My personal tastes are much more aligned with biographies, autobiographies and business related non-fiction. However, I will be adding a non-fiction title to my summer reading list.
Chandler Burr’s first novel, “You or Someone Like You” is on shelves in bookstores and online today, and it promises to be one of the books people will be discussing this summer.
Chandler Burr is a personal friend. I met him back in 2002 after his book, “The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession” was published and I attended his book reading at a Barnes & Noble store in Manhattan. It was a smart, well written and enjoyable story that kept me engaged and interested from cover to cover. The success of that book led to his position as Perfume Critic for the New York Times and a subsequent book “The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York”.
Now Chandler brings us his first novel… just what I want for summer reading at the pool or on the airplane! It is the story of a marriage, a book club, religion and passion with Hollywood as its backdrop. I have been anxiously waited for this novel since Chandler told me nearly a year ago that it would be published, and from the reviews so far, it seems certain that it will be a book that people will be talking about and well worth the wait!
You can find out more about this exciting new book, it’s story, reviews and its author on its dedicated website at http://www.annerosenbaum.com/. Please let me know if you enjoy it!
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