November 2001
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
The November BookPage interviews:

Anita Diamant finds safe harbor in the friendship of women

    While the story of The Red Tent came from the Bible, the plot of Good Harbor comes from the pages of Diamant's life.
Oliver Sacks: cosmic order in chemistry

Millionaire landlord Robert Shemin's real estate secrets revealed
    "I've heard from probably a dozen or more women who've said, 'I'd be dead if it wasn't for something I read in one of your books.' That makes me feel so good."
Behind the Book: Bill Martin Jr.'s Little Squeegy Bug flies again


FEATURES

SPOTLIGHT: What could be hotter than HARRY POTTER?

Aftermath: Publishing world reacts to terrorist attacks

Turkey time: A harvest of thankful books

Decorating your home, sweet home


FICTION

Deception Point by Dan Brown

The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell

The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

Half a Life by V.S. Naipul

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro

Notes on Extinction by Janice Deaner

Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende

Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh

The Webster Chronicle by Daniel Akst

Science Fiction
Fascinating portals to adventure


CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

BOOK CLUB
Paperback recommendations


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

Breaking the Chain by C. D. Ledbetter

Carl Melcher Goes To Vietnam by Paul Clayton

Spittin' Image by Margaret Brownley and Lee Duran


NONFICTION

Biography
Norman Rockwell by Laura Claridge

Memoir
A Woman's Education by Jill Ker Conway
Vernon Can Read! by Vernon E. Jordan with Annette Gordon-Reed

Literature
Reading Chekhov by Janet Malcolm

Skyscraper
Empire by Mitchell Pacelle

Gems
Diamond by Matthew Hart

Race
The Sweet Hell Inside by Edward Ball

Journeys
This Cold Heaven by Gretel Ehrlich

Generation Gap
What They Didn't Teach You About the 60s by Mike Wright

History
American Colonies by Alan Taylor

Crime
The Wrong Man by James Neff


AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Crime, justice and the law

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: Choosing a mystery is murder

COOKING
An American in Paris

ROMANCE
Love, Exciting & New: Romance offers diversion

BUSINESS & FINANCE
Finding our leaders in America
Good business: Just Jack



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