Allegra Goodman

I have a new story out in the journal "Freeman's.". is in this issue, along with and tons of other fascinating writers. 😍

Autumn 🍇 s.

Shana tova! Although I wrote a story called "Apple Cake," I am baking a cake with pluots.

My son Gabriel visited Berlin this summer and brought me back this print of "Kaaterskill Fall" that he discovered in an antique shop.😍

Sending a Rosh Hashanah card this morning. The lovely art is by and I found the card at which has some of the best cards around.😍

TGIF! What are you reading this weekend?

New manuscript box from with new novel typescript inside. If you cart drafts around and edit by hand like I do, I highly recommend this box. It's sturdy and beautiful. The image is a reproduction of the French cover of "Around the World in Eighty Days."

I stepped into the box but lived to tell the tale. I did not have Barbies as a kid, but my friend Lisa had LOTS.

Memories of moving in and out of dorm rooms and rentals and houses.

From the miniatures exhibit at . A diamond encrusted broach that's a tiny working bicycle.😍

This is just wrong.

Apples ripening in Cambridge. 🍏🍎

My daughter has returned from a summer working in London and brought this note penned at the Jane Austen Center in Bath. "I am very lucky that my mom instilled a love of Jane Austen. I only wish you'd taught me how to write faster with a quill. Now I know why Austen only wrote six books."

Summer fruit. 😍

I grabbed a memo pad to write a shopping list and discovered this note to myself from when I was writing and revising "Sam" 😊

My review of "Pete and Alice in Maine" in today's print .

Do you ever imagine working in a chocolate store? Sometimes I walk into in Watertown and I don't want to leave.

I don't have a dog or cat, but I like to take my trusty unicorn to coffee shops. She carries my computer and waits patiently while I work. in .

What a treat to hear in conversation with at an event celebrating the luminous "Pete and Alice in Maine.". I highly recommend it.☺️

My first attempt at coconut chia seed pudding. The recipe was a bit too healthy for me but with lots of strawberries and almonds it was quite tasty.😊

TGIF! What are you reading this weekend? On deck for me, "Tom Lake" by Ann Patchett and "Mozart's Starling" by leandahaupt. Just finished "The Miniaturist" by which made me want to go to Amsterdam.😊

My grandson is turning 2! I am gathering presents to send. The book "Wombat" by .bunting was a staff pick at . Hopefully my son and daughter in law will forgive me after reading it aloud 1000 times because it is very repetitive in a perfectly toddler sort of way. Hey, I did my time with Dr. Seuss. Time to pass the torch.😊

The amazing Ann Patchett signing her new novel "Tom Lake" at . This was her overflow event after her reading at the Brattle Theater sold out.😊

My daughter and her friend dressing up at the Jane Austen Center in Bath. Their tour guide introduced himself as Henry Crawford.😊

"Sam" is a Staff Pick at ♥️

A plaque at Harvard. Remembering the past.

Cover reveal of my dad Lenn Goodman's book out in May from 😍 It's a new translation of Maimonides' "Guide to the Perplexed" written in 1140. With Phil Lieberman, my philosopher father translated the text from classical Arabic and wrote the extensive commentary.

Have you read "The Imposters" yet? It's so much fun. My review is out today in

gave a great reading today for Harvard's Institute for World Literature.🌏📚