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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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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.
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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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Tag Archives: Random House
Marisha Marisha Marisha!
The title of this post was probably the refrain of many an author in 2006, when they found themselves overshadowed by a certain 27-year-old female debut novelist. In 2005, six-figure deals for first novels were more common than they are … Continue reading
A big change for Jodi Picoult
This week we got some surprising news from Jodi Picoult. After publishing 19 books with Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, the mega-bestselling author is moving to Ballantine, an imprint of Random House. According to Publishers Marketplace, Picoult said … Continue reading
Matthew Pearl’s 19th-century Boston thriller
Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow and The Last Dickens, has a new historical fiction novel coming to bookstores in February 2012. Pearl’s newest book, The Technologists, transports readers to the front lines of an unorthodox … Continue reading
Heavyweight face off: King vs. Massie
This week brought two big (and long-awaited!) galleys to the BookPage office. Being the most ardent long-awaitee of both of them means I have a difficult decision to make this weekend. In one corner: Stephen King, longtime channeler of America’s … Continue reading
Weekly links
Happy Friday, book-lovers! Here are some Internet tidbits we’ve been reading this week . . . enjoy! Random House asked readers to tweet about the most undateable characters in literature using the hashtag #undateableinlit. They started it off with a … Continue reading
Grace Coddington’s story
One of my favorite documentaries (and movies, period, if you want to know the truth) of the past couple years was The September Issue, the behind-the-scenes story of the September 2007 issue of Vogue. Even if you aren’t particularly interested … Continue reading
More book trailer fun with Gary Shteyngart
We are big fans of novelist Gary Shteyngart here at BookPage. Not only can Shteyngart write wildly inventive, insightful fiction—it turns out he can put together one heck of a book trailer, too. Last summer we blogged about his trailer … Continue reading
New book, publishing house, for John Irving
The publishing world is all abuzz: Simon & Schuster’s publicist Jonathan Karp poached John Irving from Random House and signed a two-book deal. S&S will be releasing best-selling author Irving’s much-anticipated next novel, In One Person, in June 2012, with … Continue reading
What comes next
The world’s had a few days to get used to the idea of a planet without Bin Laden, and now you might asking—what next? Here’s a book that can help you with that question. Jon Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author … Continue reading
Robert K. Massie returns to Russia for ‘Catherine the Great’
One of the books I’m most looking forward to this fall is—surprise!—not a novel. It’s the latest biography of a Russian ruler from Robert K. Massie. His last few books have been on World War I, so it’s exciting to … 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
Monday contest: Win a copy of ‘Unbroken’
Readers, it’s the day you’ve been waiting for since we first mentioned Laura Hillenbrand’s new book back in May: the day we give a copy away! One of the readers of this post will win a copy of Unbroken, the remarkable … Continue reading
Book deal of the day: Pets you can’t forget
If you’ve ever been laughed at for including your pet in your family photos, this may be your chance for revenge: Following in the footsteps of its sister site, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, AwkwardFamilyPetPhotos.com has gotten a book deal from Random House—and they’re looking … 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
All in the family
This June, three new writers with literary connections are making their debuts. First up, Carin Clevidence. She’s the stepdaughter of Annie Dillard, the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and other books. Her debut, The House on Salt Hay Road … Continue reading
