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Tag Archives: 2011 releases
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Blood, Bones and Butter’
Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton Random House • $26 • ISBN 9781400068722 March 1, 2011 How’s this for a recommendation: “Magnificent. Simply the best memoir by a chef ever. Ever. Gabrielle Hamilton packs more heart, soul and pure … Continue reading
Kid lit + Scrabble = Meg Wolitzer’s great idea
Trisha posted about Meg Wolitzer‘s March release The Uncoupling back in September (look for a What We’re Reading preview in the coming weeks), and now we have more news from this acclaimed novelist. From a press release from Penguin Young … Continue reading
‘Crossbones’ completes Nuruddin Farah’s trilogy
In the fall of 2011, Riverhead will publish Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah‘s Crossbones, the final book in a trilogy including Links and Knots. BookPage reviewed Links in 2004, praising Farah’s skillful writing: “erudite, analytical, with a talent for arresting analogies… … Continue reading
More news from Jodi Picoult
Four months remain before Jodi Picoult’s 2011 release, Sing You Home, hits stores in March—complete with a CD of custom-written tunes inspired by the main character’s career as a musical therapist—but she’s already sharing news about her 2012 novel. The … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The History of History’
The History of History by Ida Hattemer-Higgins Knopf • $24.95 • ISBN 9780307272775 21 January 2011 The History of History, a debut from American expat Ida Hattemer-Higgins, is something of a concept novel: Her protagonist, Margaret, awakes in the woods … Continue reading
The pressure of being a phenom*
She’s been published in the New Yorker (and included on their list of Best Writers Under 40); her first novel has drawn glowing blurbs from the likes of Ann Patchett and T.C. Boyle. And, oh yeah, she’s just 25 years … Continue reading
Gore’s change of course
Kristin Gore, daughter of Al Gore, launched her literary career with two smart chick-lit novels set in the world of Washington politics. On April 26, she’ll be taking her writing in a new direction with Sweet Jiminy (Hyperion), a novel … Continue reading
Pre-pub peek at ‘First Grave on the Right’
Meet a February novel that has some of the best buzz of any fiction release this year. Darynda Jones‘ debut, First Grave on the Right, won the Golden Heart Award for best unpublished manuscript from the Romance Writers of America … Continue reading
A look at the dark side of beauty
Another 2011 release we have our eye on is Ruth Brandon’s Ugly Beauty (Harper). Coming in February, the book is a dual biography of Helena Rubinstein and the founder of L’Oréal, Eugène Schueller, who faced off during the early days of the … Continue reading
Shedding light on J.D. Salinger
Kenneth Slawenski, founder of the website Dead Caufields, has signed a deal with Random House to publish Salinger: A Life in the United States. The book will come out on January 25, 2011—two days before the one-year anniversary of J.D. … Continue reading
Michael Lewis tackles the financial crisis abroad
Michael Lewis, author of many popular nonfiction books including The Blind Side, Liar’s Poker and Next: The Future Just Happened, has signed a deal with Norton to write a new book titled Boomerang. This one will be about “the effects … Continue reading
More spring reading: ‘The Free World’
My spring reading list keeps getting longer and longer . . . and I like it that way! One of the best short story collections of the decade, David Bezmozgis‘ Natasha “packs a devastating wallop as it describes what it … Continue reading
Ahern’s ‘Book of Tomorrow’ coming in January
Just 28 years old, Cecelia Ahern has had a writing career that many would envy. She’s published several best-selling novels—her debut, P.S. I Love You [read our review], written when she was just 21, became a successful film—she created the … Continue reading
Tunes to come with Picoult’s latest
Jodi Picoult has been in the news lately for talking about the discrepancy between the coverage given to male and female authors in most book review outlets (not an issue for BookPage!), but as we’ve mentioned before, 2011 will bring … Continue reading
The debut of the year?
I’ve blogged a lot already about debut novels coming this winter—Tea Obrecht, Deborah Harkness and more—but perhaps the most controversial and buzzed about debut of the season comes from Benjamin Hale, an Iowa Writers Workshop graduate who is publishing his … Continue reading
