Sarah Lyall - New York Times
Ms. Norris, who has a dirty laugh that evokes late nights and Scotch, is…like the worldly aunt who pulls you aside at Thanksgiving and whispers that it is all right to occasionally flout the rules.
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
by Mary Norris
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- ISBN-13: 9780393352146
- Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
- Publication date: 04/04/2016
- Pages: 240
- Sales rank: 93,751
- Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)
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There is so much to be learned from Mary Norris's marvelous memoir: she tells us when to hyphenate a compound noun, shows whether to employ the subjunctive, and elucidates the suggestively named copulative verb. But she is no dry guardian of grammar, no punitive Poobah of punctuation. In giving an account of her journey from provincial obscurity to the glamour of New York—and The New Yorker—she offers a warm, tender, and funny coming of age story. (Or possibly it's a 'coming-of-age' story. Mary could tell you.)”Heller McAlpin - NPR Books
Brims with wit, personality—and commas. . . . Norris' enthusiasm is infectious. She's as passionate about sharp pencils as she is about sharp writing. . . . Delightful.