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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.
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'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.
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'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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Greta Wells experiences three alternate lives during a therapy session, all with different secrets and losses, pain and happiness. Which one will she ultimately choose?
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Category Archives: fiction
Monday contest: How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly
I mentioned Connie May Fowler’s newest release in a blog post in January, and now the book is finally available! How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly tells the story of a woman’s 24-hour journey of self-discovery. Here’s an excerpt, just … Continue reading
More from Colum McCann
National poetry month seems like the perfect time to announce the sale of Colum McCann’s next book: it took its title, Thirteen Ways of Looking, from a Wallace Stevens poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” The novel is … Continue reading
An ‘amazing’ war novel
We’re highlighting Karl Marlantes’ Matterhorn tomorrow in Book of the Day, and in my research about the novel, I was struck by the author’s backstory. Marlantes was in the Marines reserves, and he went to Yale and then Oxford on … Continue reading
‘There is no problem a library card can’t solve’
I’ve just come across a debut fiction deal that I think will appeal to BookPage readers (perhaps the same readers who have loved Marilyn Johnson’s This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All). In winter 2011, … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: Day for Night
Day for Night by Frederick Reiken Reagan Arthur Books, April 26, 2010 It is often said that successful novels need at least two out of three things: good writing, good characters or a good story. That may be true. But … Continue reading
Terry McMillan fans can exhale — a sequel’s on the way!
If you’ve spent the past 18 years wondering what Terry McMillan‘s memorable heroines from the 1992 hit Waiting to Exhale are up to now that they’ve hit middle age, the answers are coming in September, when Viking will publish Getting … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Historical fiction all around
We’re running a roundup of historical fiction titles in the April edition of BookPage. The plots move from Renaissance Italy to 16th-century England, and feature “struggling artists and merciless monarchs, dysfunctional families and doubt-wracked lovers,” writes contributor Julie Hale. Two … Continue reading
Novella news from King and Meyer
Stephen King and Stephenie Meyer to release novellas in the spring of 2010. Continue reading
A looming Cerulean Warbler
A couple weeks ago Trisha posted details of Jonathan Franzen‘s highly-anticipated follow-up to The Corrections. Freedom will hit stores on August 31 and clocks in at 576 pages. And yesterday, book blogs were abuzz with talk of the newly-released cover: … Continue reading
Are Meyer’s adult projects eclipsed by Twilight?
On April 13, Stephenie Meyer‘s first adult novel, The Host, will be released in paperback. Little, Brown has big plans for the new edition, which includes a bonus chapter and a telling “author of the Twilight saga” stamp on the … Continue reading
The many lives of Louisa May
A prolific, ambitious and talented writer, Louisa May Alcott was a public figure who nevertheless kept much to herself—so much, in fact, that a large portion of her creative output was not credited to her until decades after her death. … Continue reading
From secrets of Brideshead to a high-profile murder
This week, we’re featuring two brand new behind-the-book essays on BookPage.com that you won’t want to miss: Ellen Horan explains why she became fascinated with a 19th-century murder, and Anchee Min shares her connection with Pearl S. Buck. Read more … Continue reading
Masterpiece takes on Cornwell
Another weekend, another post about the Masterpiece series on PBS. This week the spotlight is on contemporary British author Bernard Cornwell, who writes several different historical fiction series. Masterpiece Classic is airing a two-part series, Sharpe’s Challenge, based on Cornwell’s … Continue reading
