April 2007
In This Issue
FIRST PERSON
April BookPage interviews:
Christopher Buckley Satirist focuses on his generation in a hilarious new novel
Lionel Shriver Changed by the choices we make
A.M. Homes Novelist shares her personal history
Dorothea Benton Frank The mother of reinvention blends her own experience into a new novel
Meet the Author Alexander McCall Smith, in his own words
Paula Jolin Making universal connections
Berkeley Breathed Meet the cartoonist and author of Mars Needs Moms
FEATURES
Lost Lives Holocaust memoirs
Well Read A Latin-American legend
Behind the Book Rolling down the river
Home Makeovers Sprucing up your space
Start Me Up Books to inspire entrepreneurs
Batter Up New baseball books hit a home run
Poetry The year's best verse
Potter Preview What will happen to Harry?
NONFICTION
Biography
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
The Lost World of James Smithson by Heather Ewing
Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee
Society
Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
Medicine
Better by Atul Gawande
History
Savage Kingdom by Benjamin Woolley
The Summer of 1787 by David O. Stewart
Savage Peace by Ann Hagedorn
The Day the Earth Caved In by Joan Quigley
Memoir
Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart
It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen
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Poetry
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More by Jack Prelutsky and Chris Raschka
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
Ages 8-12
Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent
Teens
Rat Life by Tedd Arnold
FICTION
Angelica by Arthur Phillips
The Last Empress by Anchee Min
The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle
Black & White by Dani Shapiro
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald
The Color of a Dog Running Away by Richard Gwyn
April in Paris by Michael Wallner
THE AUTHOR ENABLERS
There once was a contest so screwy
AUDIO
The spoken word: Sukey's favorite audio books
BOOK CLUBS
Selections in new paperback releases
WHODUNIT?
Spring mysteries bring twists and turns
ROMANCE
The rebel prince
COOKING
The keys to perfection
YE OLDE CURIOSITY SHOPPE
Hail to our 13th president
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all
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