“Bookmarked is a gorgeous journey through Fairey’s rather fascinating life, interwoven with analyses of books she taught that transformed her. A window onto a deeply personal understanding of great literature. I was moved and could not put this memoir down.”──Ally Sheedy, actress
“People interested in good novels, good gossip, and the conjunctions of real and imagined lives will enjoy this memoir. Wendy Fairey’s pleasure in reading and recalling her own story and other people’s is contagious.”──Rachel Brownstein, author of Why Jane Austen?
“Fairey brilliantly illustrates the enduring power of literature by employing her mastery and profound love of the classics to shine a light on the mysteries of her own life. An irresistible work of compelling scholarship and quiet beauty.”──Nancy Goldstone, author of The Maid and The Queen and The Rival Queens
“Wendy Fairey is a literary scholar, but don’t let that fool you. Her lifelong infatuation with the novel has been a journey of the heart, as well as the mind. Her story is both unique and familiar. It’s not that her scholar’s voice has disappeared. It has simply been tempered and made even stronger by an understanding much broader than critical analysis. Fairey reminds us here that reading can be—and really it should be—a personal, life-enriching pursuit.”──Frye Gaillard, author of The Books That Mattered: A Reader’s Memoir