Your Mother Died. Now She Wants to Tell You Her Secrets.
Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel, “Black Cake,” shows how many times a woman can cook up a new life and what happens when she runs out of steam.
A Novel About Abortion, Told From Inside and Outside a Clinic
In “Mercy Street,” Jennifer Haigh examines a controversial issue from multiple perspectives.
Hollywood Came to China; It Was Epic.
Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” explores how Hollywood wooed the Chinese market — and became the villain of the piece.
‘The Violin Conspiracy’ Is a Musical Thriller With Some Unexpected Notes
Brendan Slocumb’s debut novel is a musical bildungsroman cleverly contained within a literary thriller.
A Celebration of Rap, and a Shrewd Study of Its Lyricism
“What’s Good,” by Daniel Levin Becker, is a wide-ranging examination of hip-hop and its language games.
A Mother and Daughter Go Sightseeing. They See Each Other.
In Jessica Au’s prizewinning novel “Cold Enough for Snow,” two generations communicate with words and what’s left unsaid.
These Characters Study Abroad in Berlin. It Doesn’t Go Well.
In Calla Henkel’s debut novel, “Other People’s Clothes,” two American art students take a new city by storm, with seismic consequences.
Russia, Ukraine and ‘Hybrid Conflicts’
Four new books investigate modern warfare by examining limited conflicts by great powers.
Book Review: ‘Violeta,’ by Isabel Allende
A centenarian’s life mirrors the turbulence of her country’s in “Violeta.”
The Last House on the Street
unCovered review by Arlene Canale, ACLS Absecon Branch
I just finished The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain. This a compelling novel about a community’s past sins and how they affects two women a generation apart. It has mystery, romance, and tragedy. It also touches on the civil rights movement that was going on all over the United States in the 1960’s. It definitely shows how prevalent prejudice was during the 1960’s, especially in the South.
This author is amazing at weaving two stories together of two women dealing with the dark history of the land, which each call home, and the mystery surrounding the neighborhood. This is where Ellie grew up, and Kayla, years later, built her dream home with her architect husband who died in a freak accident during the construction.
The Civil Rights movement plays an important part in Ellie’s life as she joins a student group to help register Black voters. She faces danger from the KKK and also becomes attracted to a young Black civil rights activist. Meanwhile, Kayla moves into her dream home and a series of unsettling incidents occur that link the 2 women together.
This book will make you cry, rage, and it is completely relevant during these times. This is probably one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
'Open' explores polyamorous relationships through personal experience
Bustle editor Rachel Krantz's memoir is a sincere and curious reckoning with the cultural messaging we all receive about gendered expectations and power dynamics in romantic and sexual relationships.
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BookReview: "My Annihilation," by Fuminori Nakamura
In his dizzying new novel, “My Annihilation,” Fuminori Nakamura destabilizes the reader at every turn.
Imani Perry Talks About ‘South to America’
Perry discusses her new book, and Oliver Roeder talks about “Seven Games.”
One Good Antarctic Explorer Deserves Another
The adventurer Ranulph Fiennes has written a biography of Ernest Shackleton, telling the life story of the famed explorer while also describing his own exploits.
Toni Morrison’s Only Short Story Addresses Race by Avoiding Race
“Recitatif,” originally published in 1983 and now available in book form, features a Black girl and a white girl, but Morrison never identifies which is which.
Elizabeth Taylor, Jim Harrison and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Newly Published, From Afro-Atlantic Histories to GameStop
A selection of books published this week.
Strap in for highs and lows with the pandemic novel 'How High We Go in the Dark'
One character is an aimless young man works at a euthanasia theme park for terminally ill kids, placing them on the roller coaster that will kill them before the plague does. It is a book about death.
(Image credit: William Morrow)
New Horror Fiction
In Sara Gran’s occult thriller, “The Book of the Most Precious Substance,” a rare-book dealer falls under the spell of a powerful 17th-century manuscript.
The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad
Three debut novels — by Kai Harris, Nikki May and Destiny O. Birdsong — follow female protagonists struggling to find their place.
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