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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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Happy Birthday, Margret Rey
When we first came to America, our publisher suggested we use my husband’s name [H.A. Rey] because the children’s book field was so dominated by women. They thought it would sell better. After a time, I thought, ‘Why the devil … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Laura Hillenbrand
For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn’t do my homework so I could write. • … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Eoin Colfer
If you were me, then I’d be you, and if I were you, then I’d hide somewhere far away. • Eoin Colfer • (Visit Eoin Colfer’s author page on BookPage.com.)
Happy Birthday, Daphne du Maurier
Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story. • Daphne du Maurier •
Happy Birthday, Thomas Pynchon
Idle dreaming is often the essence of what we do. • Thomas Pynchon • (Visit Thomas Pynchon’s author page on BookPage.com.)
Happy Birthday, Peter Carey
You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel. • Peter Carey • (Visit Peter Carey’s author page on BookPage.com.)
Happy Birthday, Joseph Heller
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. • Joseph Heller •
Happy Birthday, Annie Dillard
There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. • Annie Dillard • (Check out Annie Dillard’s author page on BookPage.com.)
Happy Birthday, Maud Hart Lovelace
She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed her. Her smile could not be restrained, and it spread from her tightly pressed mouth, to her round cheeks, almost to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Sue Grafton
Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats. • Sue Grafton • (Check out Sue Grafton’s author page on BookPage.com.)
World Book Night: Spreading the love of reading
World Book Night is upon us, and there are celebrations scheduled across the country—and across the pond, in the UK and Ireland, where the idea was first conceived in 2011. Tonight, across the US, more than 25,000 bibliophile volunteers—hoping to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare
This above all; to thine own self be true. • William Shakespeare •
Happy Birthday, Vladimir Nabokov
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. • Vladimir Nabokov •
Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day! To participate, all you have to do is keep a copy of your favorite poem in your pocket (or carry it around in your purse or backpack or some other way) and pull … Continue reading
