Rebecca Solnit's latest is a deeply political collection of interlinked essays, of which George Orwell is a part but not the whole; one of its joys is its unexpected turns from one topic to the next.
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Culture critic Anne Elizabeth Moore's project is also an investigation of the costs — monetary, psychological, ethical — of the free house she was given for writing, and an ode to her neighbors.
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The primatologist says it's crucial that young people know how positive action can still shift the frightening trajectories of climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and the ongoing global pandemic.
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Lucy Barton — the redoubtable memoirist we've met in two previous novels — returns in Elizabeth Strout's Oh William!, reconnecting with her estranged first husband after her second husband dies.
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UnCovered review by Rachel Simmons, Librarian, ACLS Hammonton Branch
The main character Gerry Andersen is a famous author with many adoring fans and aspiring authors at his heels. Just before he falls down his floating staircase and ends up in the hospital, Gerry finds a letter with a familiar Baltimore address. Confined to a hospital bed in his Baltimore apartment, he relies on his assistant and night nurse for all his needs. In his drug induced state, he receives calls from someone named Aubrey, who claims to be his “Dream Girl”. He continues to have strange calls, visions, and dreams which blur reality. Is he developing dementia like his mother or is something more sinister going on?
I just finished the audio version of Laura Lippman’s Dream Girl read by Jason Culp. He does an excellent job and brings the characters to life. This novel has a dark humor to it that I liked. It’s a good mystery suspense story with hints of Misery by Stephen King. Told in first person by an unreliable narrator, we learn a lot about Gerry through the years from his point of view. It’s a very good read overall.
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Fan Fiction is part memoir, part noir pastiche and maybe a little bit true. Is it a great work? No. Is it a lot of fun? Yes. Is it a book that could only have been written by Brent Spiner? Absolutely.
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Gus Moreno's new novel follows a man who flees the city where his wife's murder became a political and media sensation, but he can't escape either his grief or the thing that haunted their apartment.
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