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- 21 May 2013
'And the Mountains Echoed' Khaled Hosseini
It’s been nearly 10 years since Hosseini’s dark horse debut hit, The Kite Runner, was published. He returns with (in his own words), “a multi-generational-family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for each other.”
'Golden Boy' by Abigail Tarttelin
It's the story of the seemingly perfect Walker family—two successful parents and two handsome sons, Max and Daniel. But when Steve Walker launches a Parliament run, the family is pushed into the spotlight and a secret Max has been keeping is uncovered.
- 28 May 2013
'The Son' by Philipp Meyer
The Son is an epic story of power and dynasty in Texas over 150 years—and it's a modern classic.
- 4 June 2013
'Trans-Atlantic' by Colum McCann
This latest novel goes from 1849 to 1918 to 1998 and explores the relationship between America and Ireland, slavery and freedom and war and peace.
'Big Brother' by Lionel Shriver
Inspired in part by Shriver's own relationship with her brother, who died of complications from diabetes and obesity in 2010, this is an unflinching look at the toll of obesity on family relationships.
'Sparta' by Roxana Robinson
Robinson takes on the issue of soldiers returning to the home front. Conrad enlisted after college, served his time without major incident, and comes home to his girlfriend and family. But he is unable to ease back into everyday life—and his bitterness turns into anger that might have serious consequences.
- 11 June 2013
'The Engagements' by J. Courtney Sullivan
In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
- 18 June 2013
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
This new modern fable—which, at 192 pages, is more of a novella—tells the story of a man who returns to his native English village and suddenly realizes the cost of the horrible evil he fought as a child, with the help of Lettie Hempstock and her extraordinary mother and grandmother.
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Author Archives: Lynn, Editor
Why we love YA
Ursula Le Guin won the Nebula Award (her sixth by our count) for best novel at a ceremony Saturday night at UCLA. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America chose Le Guin’s Powers, the third book in the Annals … Continue reading
Going, going
Today is the last day to enter our very first Book Case giveaway. Click here and leave a comment for a chance to win one of the season’s most talked-about debut novels. And be sure to read the recommendations from … Continue reading
Angelina Jolie as Kay Scarpetta?
Any other readers out there see this as a very strange piece of casting? I never pictured Patricia Cornwell’s famous medical examiner as frumpy, but I didn’t see her looking like Lara Croft either! Especially in the early books (Body … Continue reading
Title Watch
An occasional look at unexpected, utterly original and strangely appealing book titles that cross our desks: Take Your Shirt Off and Cry By Nancy Balbirer (Bloomsbury, March, trade paperback original) This “memoir of near-fame experiences” takes the author from her … Continue reading
Pulitzer prompts paperback
If you’re tempted to rush out and buy a copy of Jon Meacham’s Pultizer Prize-winning biography, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, you might want to wait a few days. Random House announced this morning that it is … Continue reading
The lion roars
Congratulations to Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, who won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. Meacham told BookPage in an interview last fall that he saw many parallels between Jackson’s age and our … Continue reading
A map of the world
One of the featured books in the next issue of BookPage is Reif Larsen’s amazing, inventive, illustrated debut novel, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet. Crammed with sidebars, footnotes, maps, detailed diagrams, signs, songs and genealogical charts, T.S. Spivet is … Continue reading
London calling
The London Book Fair kicked off today, with our web editor in attendance. Transatlantic blogging is a bit beyond our tech pay-grade, but we do have these photos from Trisha to share and will report soon on any publishing tidbits … Continue reading
Pulitzer prognostication
Winners of the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes will be announced on Monday, with book prizes awarded in the categories of Fiction, History, Biography or Autobiography and General Nonfiction. Being reasonably good at handicapping horse races, we can’t resist the endlessly fascinating … Continue reading
A heart-tugging picture book
Teachers everywhere: listen to me. If you’re discouraged, disheartened, unmotivated or losing hope as the school year winds down, I’ve got just the book to cheer you up. An advance copy of Douglas Wood’s new picture book, Miss Little’s Gift, … Continue reading
Taking it slow
If you’re eagerly awaiting a followup to Pulitzer Prizer winner The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, we recommend that you take a deep breath and settle in for a long wait. It took Junot Diaz 11 years to write … Continue reading
He's lost his head
Joe Queenan, whose memoir Closing Time pubs today, has been pondering the new world order that is dumping “fierce rhetoric” in favor of a kindler, gentler vocabulary. In a Wall Street Journal column, Queenan muses that the Taliban might decide … Continue reading
Irish eyes
Henry Holt recently released a new paperback edition of one of my favorite memoirs, Are You Somebody? by Nuala O’Faolain, the Irish writer who died last year of cancer at the age of 68. The new edition includes a foreword … Continue reading
