‘Virtue,’ by Hermione Hoby: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Virtue,” by Hermione Hoby
‘What Strange Paradise,’ by Omar El Akkad: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “What Strange Paradise,” by Omar El Akkad
In These Debut Novels, Young Women Feel Oppressed by Womanhood
A trapped mom turns into an angry dog by night, an atheist lesbian poses as a Catholic receptionist, a 20-year-old woman suffers through domestic abuse.
Hermione Hoby Takes on Virtue-Signaling
In her new novel, “Virtue,” a white, liberal 20-something is torn between elitism and activism.
Book Review: ‘What Strange Paradise,’ by Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad’s new novel follows a young refugee who survives a shipwreck and the girl who comes to his aid.
Katie Kitamura Translates the Untranslatable
In “Intimacies,” a court interpreter at The Hague grapples with the ethics of the world around her.
A Writer’s Struggle, an Affair and a Pot of Cash Converge in a Novel
In Pedro Mairal’s “The Woman From Uruguay,” a plan to smuggle some money into Argentina goes disastrously awry.
A Fresh Look at the Family Who Led (and Lost) Britain’s War for America
“The Howe Dynasty,” by Julie Flavell, adds nuance and complexity to the story of a famous English military family by examining the extensive correspondence of one of its female members.
In ‘The Council of Animals,’ the Fate of Humanity Comes Down to a Vote
In Nick McDonell’s new novel, humans are almost extinct. Now the animal kingdom must decide their fate.
A Trek Across Florida, Braving Deadly Swamps and Bounty Hunters
In John Brandon’s new novel, “Ivory Shoals,” a boy in post-Civil War Florida searches for the father he has never met.
The Last Thing He Told Me
UnCovered
review by Christine Szymanski, ACLS Somers Point Branch
Hannah has been married to her beloved husband, Owen, for one year when she receives a note from him saying, “Protect her”. She realizes he is referring to his 16-year-old daughter, Bailey. But why has he smuggled this note to her? Why does he leave a note for his daughter with over $60,000 in her locker? He is missing. Is he running? Why? So begins “The Last Thing He Told Me.”
As a U.S. Marshal and FBI agents arrive at her California floating home unannounced, Hannah begins to realize her husband is not who she thought he was. But who is he, and does Bailey hold the key to his real identity? Hannah and Bailey set out to find the truth about who Owen is and why he really disappeared.
From Sausalito, California to Austin, Texas, Hannah and Bailey follow clues – remembering stories that Owen told them about a past professor, memories about a wedding, and a football stadium. All the clues lead them closer to the truth. And while discovering the past, Hannah and Bailey are building a new future - one that they never could have anticipated.
A Reese’s Book Club Selection, “The Last Thing He Told Me” is currently #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. With beautiful prose, Laura Dave has constructed a suspenseful mystery and a story about love, family, and trust. I couldn’t put this book down!
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'Radha And Jai' Is A Toe-Tapping Dance Romance Treat
Nisha Sharma's new YA novel follows two Indian American teenagers who overcome differing backgrounds to find love while prepping for an important dance competition — a perfect teen movie setup.
(Image credit: Crown Books for Young Readers)
A Monk And A Robot Meet In A Forest ... And Talk Philosophy In This New Novel
Becky Chambers comes down to earth for her new series, about a world where humans and robots diverged so long ago that now each group is just a myth to the other, and robots propagate themselves.
(Image credit: Tordotcom)
How to Explain the Rise and Fall of WeWork?
In “The Cult of We,” Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell examine how WeWork’s Adam Neumann built a billion-dollar company simply out of renting communal work space.
From Lin-Manuel to Pollan to St. Aubyn: Audiobooks for Every Attention Span
Fiction and nonfiction for the busiest, most distracted of listeners.
S.A. Cosby on ‘Razorblade Tears’
Cosby discusses his new novel, and Dean Jobb talks about “The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream.”
The Murders That Touched Off Ireland’s Bloody Campaign for Self-Rule
“The Irish Assassins,” by Julie Kavanagh, recounts the birth of a violent Irish nationalist movement through a fresh history of the famous Phoenix Park killings in 1882.
$900 Out-of-Print Books, Moscow and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Megan Abbott’s Latest Crime Thriller Links Ballet and Sex
“The Turnout” explores the darker, erotic side of professional dance.
How Richard Nixon Changed America’s Place in the World
Jeffrey E. Garten’s “Three Days at Camp David” returns readers to 1971 and Nixon’s momentous decision to take the United States off the gold standard.
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