February 2008
In This Issue
FIRST PERSON
February BookPage interviews:
Pat Barker The human face of war
Chip Kidd Graphic designer lets words tell the story in new novel
Lauren Willig Liars and flowers and spies, oh my
Amy Sutherland Spouse training 101
Kip Gayden Judge mines true-crime case for novel
Jackie Urbanovic Meet the author-illustrator
Jeff Smith A comic approach to literature
FEATURES
Well Read Samantha Hunt's electrifying new novel
Oscar Night Map of the stars
Relationships Rocky road to romance
I Do Making your day personal
Black History Learning from the past
FICTION
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
The Reserve by Russell Banks
The Appeal by John Grisham
The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter
Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King
Obedience by Will Lavender
Black Olives by Martha Tod Dudman
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
A Person of Interest by Susan Choi
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Resistance by Owen Sheers
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all
| CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Ages 2-5
Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here by Barbara Park, illustrated by Viviana Garofoli
All Ages
Zen Ties by Jon J. Muth
Teen Reads
How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan
Black History
NONFICTION
Nonfiction
The Thing About Life Is that One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields
What's Next by Jane Buckingham
Comrade J by Pete Earley
History
President Lincoln by William Lee Miller
Memoir
The Sky Isn't Visible from Here by Felicia C. Sullivan
Hope's Boy by Andrew Bridge
Biography
Wallace Stegner and the American West by Philip L. Fradkin
THE AUTHOR ENABLERS
Learning New Tricks
AUDIO
The spoken word: Sukey's favorite audio books
WHODUNIT?
Chilling mysteries for winter days
BOOK CLUBS
Selections in new paperback releases
ROMANCE
50 ways to meet your lover
COOKING
A model cook
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
Her brother's keeper
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