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The freedom of a few gray hairs
Anna Quindlen has taken on a lot of hot topics as an editorial writer, first at the New York Times and later at Newsweek: war, politics, abortion, religion. And she ...
Interviews
A decaying English country house holds menace and mystery in The Uninvited Guests, the remarkable third novel from Sadie Jones. This is a departure from your previous work, especially the ...
Drawing a novel from a seatmate's story
The writer Edmund White once told Nell Freudenberger it takes maybe 15 or 20 years to write about an experience. "So in terms of writing about marriage, I'm definitely jumping ...
Don't break habits, transform them
In his breakthrough bestseller, The Power of Habit, New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg uses science to pull back the curtain on some of our most mystifying behaviors--and reveals how ...
No fairy tale ending for the Seven Kingdoms
Kristin Cashore's Bitterblue is a big book in every sense of the word. It's the lead book on Penguin Young Reader's spring list, and it weighs in at nearly 550 ...
Features
What to do after the tassels are turned
Ah, graduation. So much excitement, so much to think about! Whether the grad in your life is concerned with a job hunt, finances or big dreams, these five books offer ...
Experiences only a mother could love
Motherhood wreaks havoc on your body, your brain cells and your wallet--and you wouldn't have it any other way. Just in time for Mother's Day, we've chosen five new releases ...
Columns
Tin Win loses his mother when he's six and his eyesight when he's 10, but then finds Mi Mi, a beautiful girl who can't walk. She becomes his eyes and ...
New paperback releases for reading groups
COLONIAL PIONEERS Caleb's Crossing is another expertly wrought work of historical fiction from Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks. Set in the 1600s on Martha's Vineyard, the novel is based on ...
Food writer and recipe developer Ian Knauer spends his weekdays in New York's asphalt jungle, but on weekends he's at the family farm in rural Pennsylvania, the place he loves ...
Brain Trust: 93 Top Scientists Reveal Lab-Tested Secrets to Surfing, Dating, Dieting, Gambling, Growing Man-Eating Plants, and More! by Garth Sundem is science made hands-on, practical and flat-out fun to ...
Lynn Kurland writes a romantic and charming near-fairytale in All for You. Peaches Alexander is primed for her happily ever after. An invitation to a house party hosted by a ...
The final word from an admired American woman
Anne Morrow Lindbergh enjoys a unique place in American letters, known equally for her elegant writing and for the man she married. Being the wife of a pioneering aviator provided ...
A corpse in the Venetian canals
The redoubtable Commissario Guido Brunetti returns for his 21st adventure in Donna Leon's latest novel, Beastly Things. This time around, Brunetti looks into the murder of a man found thrice ...
BookPage May 2012 Issue
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Reviews / Fiction
A mix of WWII fact and fiction
Trapeze
In his new novel, Trapeze, Simon Mawer explores the secret world of British Special Operations Executives (SOE), the agency that recruited citizens to work behind enemy lines during World War ...
The Year of the Gadfly
Previously known for her narrative nonfiction book Inheriting the Holy Land: An American's Search for Hope in the Middle East, Jennifer Miller returns with a debut novel, The Year of ...
Afterwards
Grace and Mike Covey are living a charmed life in contemporary London--she's a part-time journalist for a local paper, and he's a sought-after BBC filmmaker. Their son Adam is enrolled ...
Reviews / Biography & Memoir
Frozen food's eccentric genius
Birdseye
Yes, Virginia, there really was a man named Birdseye behind the Birds Eye(r) frozen food brand. Clarence Birdseye, who was born in Brooklyn at the end of 1886, did not ...
The transformation of crossing borders
A Wedding in Haiti
Why do we fall in love with people we barely know? In her humorous and poignant memoir of a wedding and an earthquake in the Dominican Republic, novelist Julia Alvarez ...
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess to her fans) grew up in a small town in rural Texas with a younger sister and many family pets. In college she met the man ...
Reviews / Children's Chapter
A second chance in the suburbs
One for the Murphys
Be careful who you get close to--you never know how long they'll be around. That seems to be the new mantra for Carley Connors. Placed in foster care after a ...
A Southern sleuth to warm hearts
Three Times Lucky
In the town of Tupelo Landing (pop. 148) on the eastern shore of North Carolina, most residents have small wallets but big hearts--and even bigger mysteries. Perhaps the biggest heart ...
Seeking truth in a Florida swamp
Precious Bones
Bones has everything she needs to be happy. It's 1949 and 10-year-old Bones lives on the edge of a Florida swamp with her father Nolay, her mama Honey Girl and ...
Reviews / Children's Picture
It's Milking Time
With the ease of buying milk at the grocery store today, many children now know very little about where milk comes from. Recalling her own delightful memories of growing up ...
Reviews / Diet & Health
God's Hotel
As the 2010 Affordable Care Act marks its second anniversary this spring, the arguments about so-called Obamacare continue. Our overly complex--some say "broken"--healthcare system might function a lot better if ...
Reviews / History
Midnight in Peking
To take the approach of a pitch for a Hollywood movie: Midnight in Peking is The Black Dahlia meets Inspector Morse, with a little Empire of the Sun thrown in.