FIRST PERSON
April BookPage interviews:

Jonathan Safran Foer: In a fresh and funny second novel, a young boy searches for the key to his father's past

Not long after the publication of his brilliant and widely acclaimed first novel, Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer was named one of the 50 most loathsome New Yorkers by a local literary weekly. That's a stunning mound of abuse to be piled on a writer who was barely a whisker past 25. And it leads one to wonder what further such plaudits lie in wait for an older, wiser and far more accomplished Foer now that he has published an even more beautiful and brilliant second novel called Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

On the screen, Gene Wilder is known for his comic teamings with Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor. Away from the public glare, the man with the melancholy gaze and trademark frizzy hair paints watercolors and lives in a Colonial-era house in Connecticut with his fourth wife, Karen. How this came to be is the result of the twists, turns and ironies of his life, as detailed in his new memoir. Unfolding chronologically, in a series of vignettes, it co-stars family members, famous names, women he has loved, including his late wife Gilda Radner, and his therapist.

FEATURES

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Real Estate books for buyers, sellers and investors

FICTION

Misfortune by Wesley Stace

Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry

The Third Translation by Matt Bondurant

The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg

The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Sudden Rain by Maritta Wolff

A Factory of Cunning by Philippa Stockley

Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue by Mark Kurlansky

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd

BOOK CLUBS

Selections in new paperback releases

Childrens Poetry:
zoo's who by Douglas Florian
Once Upon a Poem, Favorite Poems that Tell Stories by Kevin Crossley-Holland
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko
A Maze Me by Naomi Shihab Nye

Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel

The Search for Belle Prater by Ruth White

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson

Deliver Us From Normal by Kate Klise

A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson

Day of Tears by Julius Lester

NONFICTION

Memoir
Lucky Child by Loung Ung
Finding Mañana by Mirta Ojito

Biography
Dizzy by Donald L. Maggin
No Such Thing as Overexposure by Robert Slater

History
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards by Jay Feldman
A Great Improvisation by Stacy Schiff
The Best Year of Their Lives by Lance Morrow

Autobiography
Dear Senator by Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem

Business
Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald

Current Affairs
Understanding Iraq by William R. Polk

Inspiration
Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen

AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Sukey's favorites are poems of love

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: April's new mysteries

COOKING
Good and good for you

ROMANCE
Simply Unforgettable

BUSINESS & FINANCE
Winning