Inside this month's issue of BookPage

March 2003
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
March BookPage interviews:

Sue Miller: A daughter's story of loving obligations

Novelist Sue Miller's beautiful, spare memoir about her relationship with her father during his illness and death from Alzheimer's disease is such a unique achievement that it is impossible to adequately praise it. Or accurately describe it.

James Patterson: Best-selling suspense author returns with the rousing tale of a jester's quest

The Jester peers into the turbulent village and castle life of 11th-century France. In a dramatic change of pace, Patterson—best known for his contemporary suspense thrillers—brings readers the story of Hugh De Luc, who leaves his young wife to enlist in what will become known as the First Crusade.

Janet Bodnar's solid financial advice for the single gal

Love, loss and car repair come together in Brad Barkley's second novel

Meet Barbara Parker

Journalist Paul Hendrickson investigates a revealing photo of the South's segregationist past

West Virginia author Denise Giardina has fun with her new time travel series

Former soap opera actress Jessica Speart takes new role as mystery writer

Brian Jacques gives us another high-seas adventure

FEATURES

SPOTLIGHT: Get your Irish fix with books that celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Single women face a new mating game in Women's Issues

Travel: Guides to exciting and exotic locales

Gift Gallery: The Oscars are coming up, so get out the popcorn and start reading

Gardening: Getting a garden going in the right direction

FICTION

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

Somersault by Kenzaburo Oe

Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss

The Afterword by Mike Bryan

I Am Madame X by Gioia Diliberto