A Short Girl, Feeling Unseen, Fixates on a Boy Who Vanished
Pamela Erens, acclaimed for her adult novels, has made a natural and satisfying shift to middle grade fiction with “Matasha.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New & Noteworthy, From Trans Parenting to Poe’s Science
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Labeled 'Mother' When Not A Mother At All: On Being A Non-Binary Gestational Parent
In his debut The Natural Mother of the Child, Krys Malcolm Belc credits the pregnancy and birth of his son with helping him decide to transition.
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How Far Would You Go to Protect Someone You Love?
And whom would you trust along the way? These questions are the foundation of Caitlin Wahrer’s suspense novel, “The Damage.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Los Angeles?
In “Everything Now,” Rosecrans Baldwin wanders the “city-state” trying to make sense of its vast and varied terrain.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Cheat on Your Partner or Change the World: In This Novel, It’s All the Same
In “Hard Like Water,” Yan Lianke’s latest novel to be translated into English, the Cultural Revolution is the backdrop for an illicit romance.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Many Successes of Jimmy Carter — and His Ultimate Failure
Kai Bird’s “The Outlier” takes a close look at the Carter administration and concludes that the 39th president deserves a better reputation.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In ‘Morningside Heights,’ Illness Tests a Mind and a Marriage
Joshua Henkin’s novel follows a professor dealing with the impacts of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
An Army Officer Navigates Treachery in Kentucky’s ‘Killing Hills’
Suspicions and family loyalties run deep in Chris Offutt’s new crime novel, which begins with a body found in the woods.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
How America’s Weirdest Guidebooks Were Funded by the Government
“Republic of Detours,” by Scott Borchert, relates the history of the Federal Writers’ Project, which paid thousands of unemployed writers to write idiosyncratic guides to the country.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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