May 2001
In This Issue

BOOK CLUB
Paperback recommendations


FIRST PERSON
The May BookPage interviews:

Richard Russo renders timely portrait of American life

Barbara Ehrenreich underpaid and undercover

"To me, a novel is the story of life. That's what interests me." Ethan Canin

Noah Adams finds old-fashioned America on the river

Baseball legend's daughter, Sharon Robinson, pitches father's values

Meet the author: Elizabeth Peters


Spotlight: Tom Brokaw chronicles our Greatest Generation


FICTION

The Gospel of Judas by Simon Mawer
Like sands through the hourglass... Roger Miller's New & Good

Cane River by Lalita Tademy

Chalktown by Melinda Haynes

The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy

Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

The Road Builder by Nicholas Hershenow

Rough Music by Patrick Gale

Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell

Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

The Hearing by John Lescroart

Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler

SCI FI: Tales from now, then and maybe


CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Silly to sweet: Mother's Day treats

Teen reads: Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
and Insatiable by Eve Eliot

The Journal of Biddy Owens by Walter Dean Myers

Jubela by Cristina Kessler



BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

BookPage Insider: Our Secret Agent Gal visits NYC for the scoop on big books ahead

EBOOKS
Now featuring reviews of eBooks, exclusive to BookPage online:

Deliver Us From Evil by Gordon Reid

Rush to Glory by Robert L. Hecker

Search for the Sun by Ellen Anthony

And They Can Cook, Too! Edited by Susan Bodendorfer


FEATURES

Mother's Day: Books a mother can love

Latino literature: Today's best Hispanic writers

Careers: Advice for new grads


NONFICTION

Memoir
Country Matters by Michael Korda

The Virgin of Bennington by Kathleen Norris

Forensic Science
Fingerprints by Colin Beavan

Biography
Hans Christian Andersen by Jackie Wullschlager

Colonel Tom Parker by James L. Dickerson

Dance with Demons by Greg Lawrence

History
Home to War by Gerald Nicosia

The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand

Time Lord by Clark Blaise

The Mind
The Seven Sins of Memory by Daniel Schacter

Politics
Washington by Meg Greenfield

Boat Building
Wooden Boats by Michael Ruhlman


AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Memorable May listening

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: G.M. Ford drives spring suspense

COOKING
Savoring La Cucina Italiana

BETWEEN THE WINES
Paul Theroux's Hotel Honolulu

ROMANCE
Love, Exciting & New: Tales of love and sultry suspense

BUSINESS & FINANCE
The parables of David and Goliath



© 2001 ProMotion, inc.
www@bookpage.com