You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie SmithINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NPR Best Book of the Year Time Best Book of the Year You Could Make This Place Beautiful, like the work of Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk, and Gina Frangello, is an unflinching look at what it means to live and write our own lives. It is a story about a mother’s fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman’s love and regard for herself. It is a story about a mother’s fierce and constant love for her childr