Book Review: ‘In Ascension,’ by Martin MacInnes
A brooding biologist seeks transcendence in Martin MacInnes’s richly atmospheric, patiently unfurling novel “In Ascension.”
These Silent Woods
UnCovered Review by Debbie Brahmi, ACLS Pleasantville Branch
Do not judge this book by its cover! Kimi Cunningham Grant’s THESE SILENT WOODS is not your run-of-the-mill psychological thriller. This is a tale of a father’s love for his daughter that will tug at your heartstrings and leave a lump in your throat.
In this very emotional story Cooper and his young daughter Finch have been living under the radar in an isolated cabin in the woods with no electricity for the past eight years, ever since she was just a baby, but Finch is starting to ask too many questions that Cooper is not willing to answer. No one knows where they are, except for Scotland, a mysterious neighbor, and Jake, a trusted friend who delivers food and supplies to the cabin once a year.
When Jake fails to show up as planned, Cooper must venture outside his comfort zone and drive to the nearest Walmart (with Finch hiding under a blanket) and purchase what they will need to survive for another year. A close encounter with a police officer leaves Cooper a bit shaken, but things really start to fall apart when a stranger is spotted wandering around near the cabin, a young woman, and Finch becomes obsessed with meeting her.
Cooper is not ready to leave the cabin and risk losing his daughter, maybe forever, but Finch, unaware of Cooper’s past sins, is giving him no choice.
What’s a father to do?
Alfred Grosser, Champion of French-German Reconciliation, Dies at 99
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The Rise and Fall of The Village Voice
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Neil Gaiman on the Collectibles He’s Auctioning
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Audiobook Review: ‘My Name Is Barbra,’ by Barbra Streisand
In Streisand’s new audiobook recording for her chatty, brick-size memoir, “My Name Is Barbra,” the superlative diva adds a little freestyling.
Audiobook Review: ‘My Name Is Barbra,’ by Barbra Streisand
In Streisand’s new audiobook recording for her chatty, brick-size memoir, “My Name Is Barbra,” the superlative diva adds a little freestyling.
Book Review: ‘Ferris,’ by Kate DiCamillo, and ‘The First State of Being,’ by Erin Entrada Kelly
A girl and her grandmother are visited by a friendly ghost; a boy is visited by a time traveler.
Book Review: ‘After Annie,’ by Anna Quindlen
In her new novel, “After Annie,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shows how a family pieces itself back together after monumental loss.
Book Review: ‘My Beloved Life,’ by Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar’s novel links a professor who lived through a nation’s tribulations and his daughter, an Atlanta journalist, before and after the pandemic.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Joy-Ann Reid’s ‘Medgar and Myrlie’ Is a 352-Page Love Letter
In a new biography, the MSNBC host offers an intimate look at Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers-Williams, both civil rights leaders in their own right.
Amy Herzog on Adapting Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ for Broadway
She has become known an Ibsen whisper, bringing “An Enemy of the People” to Broadway this spring, along with a play of her own, which stars Rachel McAdams.
On the Road With ‘The Outsiders,’ Where the Greasers and Socs Rumbled
It’s one of the best-selling Y.A. novels of all time and a star-studded Coppola movie from the ’80s. On its way to Broadway, the show’s cast and creators paid S.E. Hinton a visit.
Book Review: New Horror Books
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Lottie Hazell’s debut novel, “Piglet,” is a tantalizing layer cake of horror, romance (sort of) and timely questions about the power of appetite.
Interview: Brontez Purnell
“I’ve been prank-calling Justin Torres for like two decades,” says the poet and performer, whose new book is called “Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt: A Memoir in Verse.”
Steven Wise, Champion of Animal Rights, Is Dead at 73
He filed lawsuits to define chimpanzees as persons and to establish their right to what he called “bodily liberty” over confinement.
At Jeremiah Brent’s Book Party Pondering: What Makes a Home?
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Book Review: ‘The Bloodied Nightgown,’ by Joan Acocella
In a posthumous collection, “The Bloodied Nightgown,” Joan Acocella pays tribute to her many and varied interests.
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