On the Shelf Real Estate By Deborah LevyBloomsbury: 224 pages, $20If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. For Levy, becoming the main character in her life involved finding her voice and making herself heard in a patriarchal world. (“Freedom is never free,” she notes in “The Cost of Living.”)“Real Estate,” which finds Levy in a good place, focuses on her relationship with property, ownership and home. Now that her books are widely translated, she travels on promotional tours and speaks at literary festivals, including one in Mumbai, India. In “Real Estate,” Levy reminds us that happiness can’t be measured in holdings, square footage or property values.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 24, 2021 15:00 UTC