I liked chapter 2 far more than chapter 1, where I felt the author was a pretentious snob throwing out references to make clear Ms Schiff knows more than all of us about all things literary and historical. Chapter 2 dropped the pretense and jumped into the interesting, detailed information about what cleopatra‘s life must have been like growing up. Looking forward to the discussion I somehow missed last week. #cleopatraalife #cleopatragroupread