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Book SynopsisFrom a thirty-year veteran of
The New Yorker comes the most irreverent and helpful book on language since
Eats, Shoots & LeavesTrade Review"...delightful and thought-provoking..." -- The Bookseller
"...
Between You & Me, has an old
New Yorker charm." -- The Times Literary Supplement
"Norris is warm, knowledgable and unapologetically fussy...The pleasure of
Between You & Me boils down to a willingness to spend 200 tightly edited pages in Mary Norris's good-natured, wise company." -- The Guardian
"...a charming, chatty, discursive, style guide…" -- Literary Review
"Mary Norris’
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (W. W. Norton) delighted me with its playful and thought-provoking journey through pronouns, hyphens, semicolons and much more that matters in life." -- Books 2015, Louise O. Fresco, president, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands - Times Higher Education
"Norris’ self-deprecating and hilarious confessional dives deep and comes up with a bounty of pearls..." -- Books of 2015, Catherine Clinton, Denman chair of American history, University of Texas, San Antonio, and international research professor, Queen’s University Belfast - Times Higher Education
