Here are three books I plan to read next week when we’re away for a few days.

The first is The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym. I have loved Pym’s quirky and delightful novels for years. I have read A Very Private Eye, a narrative of her life compiled from her diaries and letters by her sister Hillary and the novelist Hazel Holt, who was Pym’s executor. So I’m looking forward to this recent (2021) biography.

Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine’s Confessions was a recent birthday gift. and I look forward to a new look at Augustine from the perspective of the women around him.

I read the very helpful postings of historian Heather Cox Richardson every day. Her book Democracy Awakening is in my queue. I appreciate her clear and hopeful insights.