When New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson (Devil in the White City; Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania) moved to New York five years ago, he had what he describes as a revelation. He had watched, horrified, as 911 unfolded on CNN. “But I wondered what was it like for…
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Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
Tightrope tells the tale of an America that is still in the process of losing well-paying jobs, where people work two or more jobs just to make ends meet, where one illness can turn into a bankruptcy for those who are uninsured or underinsured and where opioids and other drugs lead to incarceration, early death and family destruction
MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES
Class Mom meets Small Admissions in MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES, a wryly-observed debut about the privileged bubble that is Liston Heights High–the micro-managing parents, the overworked teachers, and the students caught in the middle–and the fallout for each of them when that bubble finally bursts. A former teacher, Kathleen West keeps us amused and amazed in her…
Old School Love and Why It Works
“We’ve had hard times, but we have resilience and we always knew we wanted to be together,” says Rev Run, front man of Run-DMC about how he and his wife make their marriage work.
F*ck Your Diet and Other Things My Diet Tells Me
“Our food choices and our image of ourselves are part of our culture.,” says Chloe Hilliard.
The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing
Adam Frankel tells in his recently released book, The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing, about identity, family trauma and how in family those who came before us impact our own lives.
Ten Restaurants That Changed America: Howard Johnson’s A Roadside Gem
Howard Johnson’s: As American As Fried Clams.
W. Bruce Cameron: A Dog’s Promise
W. Bruce Cameron continues the story of Bailey, now an angel dog, in his latest book, A Dog’s Promise.
A Vanishing Man: Charles Finch’s Latest Victorian Mystery
Charles Lenox is a well-educated, well-connected young man, but even he, when called to the Duke of Dorset’s home after a painting is found to have been stolen, knows his place. After all, even among the aristocracy, a Duke is way above Lenox, particularly now that he has taken to detecting (after all, what…
BOOK REVIEW, SIGNING: New author Ma Ling hones ‘Apocalypse Office’ genre in dark comic novel
Candace Chen’s life is so much about chaos and loss that she finds solace and satisfaction in her job coordinating the sourcing of materials and production of Bibles. It’s a job that entails such minutiae as making sure there’s a supplier for the crushed gems which decorate a specific best-selling Bible even though many of…
