Normally, I hate reading about wealthy Manhattanites. Look, they’re neurotic! And spoiled! And out of touch with the common man! But Jonathan Dee is an excellent writer, and “The Privileges,” his latest book and this month’s New Yorker Book Club selection, makes this potentially tired subject interesting. I still hated the characters, but Dee made it so much fun to do.
My musings on the novel–and the danger of half-formed thoughts–continue at newyorker.com.
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I’m the deputy managing editor at strategy + business, a freelance editor at Belt, and the former web manager at The New Yorker. My writing and editing also has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent, the Observer, the Rumpus, the Cleveland Clinic Press, and Northern Ohio Live. Additionally, I was a founding team member of Maven, a healthcare app for women.
I live in Brooklyn with my husband, the musician and writer Mike Errico, and our daughter. Follow me @sally_errico.
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