Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.
—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Anyone who thinks English Heritage sites are run by bores is in for a surprise.
—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Sep. 2025
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