Newly Published, From Joseph Smith to Salmon Farms
A selection of books published this week.
Motherhood
UnCovered review by Marina Smolens, ACLS Brigantine Branch
Motherhood by Sheila Heti is a contemplation on what it means to be a
mother, a daughter, a lover, an artist, and in essence, a woman. The unnamed
narrator shares with us her thought process through her final child-bearing
years. She explores the idea of destiny versus fate: do we choose what happens
to us or is it predetermined? And if we can choose, where do our desires come
from? How can we know whether they are really ours, or if they belong to
someone else? If you are a woman, or someone who has questioned which path to
take in life, this book is for you. Heti’s curious and philosophical mind lends
itself to an interesting journey through one of the biggest decisions a person
could make in their life.
Book Review: “Agent Josephine,” by Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis makes the case that the legendary cabaret star was a daring World War II-era spy.
Review: ‘Gods of Want,’ by K-Ming Chang
The stories in K-Ming Chang’s “Gods of Want” are obsessed with the hungers and precarities of emigration and queer love.
Review: ‘Any Other Family,’ by Eleanor Brown
In her new novel, “Any Other Family,” Eleanor Brown shows how nonstop togetherness can lead to tension, injury and, occasionally, joy.
Review: ‘Brother Alive,’ by Zain Khalid
Zain Khalid’s “Brother Alive” follows three brothers from Staten Island to Saudi Arabia, with plenty to say about the modern world.
Review: ‘Total: Stories,’ by Rebecca Miller
The author and filmmaker Rebecca Miller plays with notions of convention, comfort and surprise in her latest collection, “Total.”
Review: ‘Winter Work,’ by Dan Fesperman
Dan Fesperman’s “Winter Work” is set amid confusion and moral compromise in East Germany as Communism fell.
Review: ‘Harry Sylvester Bird,’ by Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta’s second novel attempts to skewer white liberal solipsism.
India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other
Meenakshi Ahamed’s “A Matter of Trust” traces the tangled, complicated and difficult relationship between two allies that are not quite friends.
Review: ‘Bad Thoughts,’ by Nada Alic
Nada Alic’s debut story collection pierces superficial appearances to access deeper human connection.
Review: ‘Roll Red Roll,’ by Nancy Schwartzman
In “Roll Red Roll,” Nancy Schwartzman revisits a teenage girl’s 2012 assault by high school football players, and its aftermath.
Review: ‘The Great Man Theory,’ by Teddy Wayne
It’s a hard world out there for the protagonist of Teddy Wayne’s novel “The Great Man Theory.”
Book Review: “Why Didn’t You Tell Me?” by Carmen Rita Wong and “Normal Family” by Chrysta Bilton
In their memoirs, Carmen Rita Wong and Chrysta Bilton open up about how they learned of secrets, lies and unkept promises.
Book Review: “The Crane Wife” by CJ Hauser
In “The Crane Wife,” CJ Hauser delves into issues of identity and connection with humor and grace.
Alice Elliott Dark on ‘Fellowship Point’
Dark talks about her new novel, and Katherine Chen discusses “Joan,” her fictional imagining of Joan of Arc.
Review: ‘Mother Noise,’ by Cindy House; ‘My Seven Black Fathers,’ by Will Jawando; and ‘This Body I Wore,’ by Diana Goetsch
Addiction, fatherhood and transgender identity in new books by Cindy House, Will Jawando and Diana Goetsch.
“Our Fort” by Marie Dorléans
Two siblings, a playful teacher’s class and three friends let their imaginations loose in the great outdoors.
'Thank You for Your Servitude' casts harsh light on GOP's shift and its motives
Although Donald Trump remains an eminence throughout, Mark Leibovich's true subject here is Trump's stable of enablers and the transformation they have wrought on their party and themselves.
(Image credit: Penguin Press)
'O' takes readers on a journey of abandonment and reclamation
In her third poetry collection, Zeina Hashem Beck is graceful her defiance of fitting self into a box. She embraces the multitudes – mother, citizen, poet, warrior – and presents herself as one whole.
(Image credit: Penguin Books)
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