March 2004
In This Issue
FIRST PERSON
March BookPage interviews:
Jasper Fforde: His latest Thursday Next saga is one wild ride
Humpty Dumpty and his nursery rhyme mob are threatening a boycott. The rabbits from
Watership Down have reproduced in such numbers that only Lennie from Of Mice and Men
cares to visit anymore.
Everyone in Wuthering Heights has been ordered to attend rage management class. And all misspellings must be
reported at once to the Cat Formerly Known as Cheshire. Welcome to the deliriously topsy-turvy world of
Jasper Fforde's The Well of Lost Plots, the most incessantly inventive literary satire since Alice
what's-her-name fell down the you-know-what.
Samantha Gillison: Her second novel explores an unsolved mystery
In the wave of praise that will soon greet Samantha Gillison's near-perfect novel,
The King of America, much will be made of Gillison's debt to the story of Michael Rockefeller's life and
disappearance. It's a debt Gillison freely acknowledges, both in the novel's back-matter and in conversation.
Reed Arvin tells of intrigue on the mean streets of Atlanta
Meet Laurie R. King
Illustrator Betsy Lewin's advice for children
Meet Ben Stein
E.L. Konigsburg is back with a new adventure for teens
The third time's the charm for James Patterson
FEATURES
SPOTLIGHT: Books on world travel get you where you want to be
Behind the Book: She had brain surgery, what's your excuse?
Capturing publishing memories in a book
Well Read: Chance meetings that changed America
Gardening: Books that soothe the itch to get back in the dirt
FICTION
Mourning Ruby by Helen Dunmore
Little Children by Tom Perrotta
An Unpardonable Crime by Andrew Taylor
A Spectacle of Corruption by David Liss
A Hole in the Universe by Mary McGarry Morris
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
Remember Me by Trezza Azzopardi
Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee
A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva
The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn by Janis Hallowell
It's All True by David Freeman
The Second Death of Unica Aveyo by Ernesto Mestre-Reed
Codex by Lev Grossman
Earth Logic by Laurie Marks
BOOK CLUBS
Selections in new paperback releases
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Women's History:
Prairie Girl: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
Grandma Moses by Alexandra Wallner
Mighty Jackie, The Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss
The Frog House by Mark Taylor
Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop by Meilo So
Manuelo the Playing Mantis by Don Freeman
A Fine St. Patrick's Day by Susan Wojciechowski
See You Down the Road by Kim Ablon Whitney
Silk Umbrellas by Carolyn Marsden
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
The Golden Hour by Maiya Williams
Young Adult:
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair by Steven Herrick
NONFICTION
Memoir
Self-Portrait with Turtles by David M. Carroll
Biography
Peninsula of Lies by Edward Ball
History
Centennial Crisis by William H. Rehnquist
Lincoln's Avengers by Elizabeth D. Leonard
Language
Oxymoronica by Dr. Mardy Grothe
Women's History
American Jezebel by Eve LaPlante
Astronomy
The Book Nobody Read by Owen Gingerich
20th Century
Bobby Fischer Goes to War by David Edmonds and John Eidinow
Religion
The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong
Issues
Life on the Outside by Jennifer Gonnerman
Science
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Nature
Walden Pond: A History by W. Barksdale Maynard
AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Sukey's favorite loves Che
MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: March's new mysteries
COOKING
Good and good for you
ROMANCE
The delicate dance of courtship in The Ideal Bride
YE OLDE CURIOSITY SHOPPE
Just when you thought you'd read everything: Doga: Yoga for Dogs
BUSINESS & FINANCE
The grisly facts on taxes: Confessions of a Tax Collector
On the front lines of the cola wars in The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company
You don't need a personal assistant, you need Time Power
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