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'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.”
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'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.
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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.
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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.
- 18 June 2013
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
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Tag Archives: memoir
Alice Ozma and the reading promise
Twenty-three-year-old Alice Ozma’s new memoir, The Reading Promise, is all about the joy of reading: it chronicles the more than 3000 consecutive nights that she and her father, a single parent, spent reading aloud to one another. But does a … Continue reading
BookPage Reads: Wendy McClure’s ‘The Wilder Life’
Our latest BookPage podcast covers Wendy McClure’s The Wilder Life, our top pick for nonfiction in April. This charming memoir from a blogger-turned-writer chronicles her quest to visit all of the places that nomadic children’s writer Laura Ingalls Wilder called … Continue reading
Monday contest: A wry, warts-and-all memoir
Contest is now closed. Congrats to our winner, Karen, who said “I love my mom because she put up with a lot from me during those “terrible teens”, but now she’s one of my best friends.” As I mentioned a … Continue reading
Big news for rock fans
This may be a bit unusual for a bookworm of my generation, but I am especially excited about some rockin’ memoir-related news. If you grew up belting “The Weight” and “Up On Cripple Creek,” I think you’ll agree that this … Continue reading
Deal of the day
Joanna Smith Rakoff’s 2009 debut novel, A Fortunate Age, was an epic depiction of a decade in the life of a group of Generation X-ers. Although BookPage reviewer Kim Schmidt noted that the story had an abrupt ending—and the large … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘Fire Season’
Philip Connors is a fire lookout, which means he does exactly what the words suggest: He spends several months of the year perched high above the wilderness and searches for forest fire. Some fires are natural and will be allowed … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Townie’
Townie by Andre Dubus III W.W. Norton • $25.95 • ISBN 9780393064667 February 28, 2011 As somebody who has recently loved books set in a high brow Oxford library and a charming “enclave” of the North East, I did not … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Ashley Judd’s ‘All That is Bitter and Sweet’
I blogged about Ashley Judd’s “memoir with purpose” more than a year ago, and the book is finally on sale a week from today. Though I usually feel a bit ho-hum about celebrity memoirs, the book trailer for Judd’s All … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Wilder Life’
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure Riverhead • $25.95 • ISBN 9781594487804 April 14, 2011 Raise your hand if you stayed up late reading the Little House books when you were a child—checked them out from the library, or maybe … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘This Life Is in Your Hands’ by Melissa Coleman
This Life Is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman Harper • $25.99 • ISBN 9780061958328 April 12, 2011 If you’ve ever thought about leaving it all for a simpler life, Melissa Coleman’s memoir is for you. Her idealistic young parents … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Foremost Good Fortune’
This week, my favorite book trailer highlights Susan Conley‘s memoir of moving her family to China—where besides the expected struggles of adapting to cultural differences, she finds out she has breast cancer. (I’m sensing a trend here in my memoir … Continue reading
A follow-up to ‘Mennonite in a Little Black Dress’
Rhoda Janzen, author of the hilarious #1 bestseller Mennonite in a Little Black Dress will write another memoir. The deal was published today on Publishers Marketplace with the following summary: “[an] untitled humorous and heartfelt memoir about her return to … Continue reading
A ‘Glee’-ful memoir
Fans of the hit show “Glee” know actress Jane Lynch as the cranky, conniving cheerleading head coach Sue Sylvester. In September, we’re going to get a peek behind the iconic tracksuit when Hyperion’s Voice imprint publishes Lynch’s memoir, Happy Accidents. … Continue reading
From memoir to mystery: Patti Smith
Singer/songwriter Patti Smith won the National Book Award in 2010 for her memoir, Just Kids. It was her first book of prose—but the Guardian reports that she has been working on a crime novel for two years. A longtime fan of … Continue reading
