Janet Maslin, book review of One Day in today's online New York Times—
"Emma is demonstrably the smarter of the two in ways that Dexter finds intimidating. While he roams the world, she sends him books that he doesn’t enjoy or understand. Dexter on Howards End : 'It’s like they’ve been drinking the same cup of tea for 200 pages, and I keep waiting for someone to pull a knife or an alien invasion or something, but that’s not going to happen is it?'"
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