Evelyn Beck
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Teresa, My Love: An Imagined Life of the Saint of Avila
Recommended only for those who appreciate dense, challenging works such as John Barth's Giles Goat-Boy.
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The Hormone Factory
Recommended for fans of other indictments of capitalism, from Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie and Frank Norris's The Octopus to Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia.
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While some readers may yearn for more action and structure, this is a lovely and touching story that grapples with the universal question of how God can allow his children to suffer. Recommended for fans of Robinson as well as those who enjoyed Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, another exploration of pain and loneliness set against the backdrop of a small town. [See Prepub Alert, 4/7/14.]
Lila
While some readers may yearn for more action and structure, this is a lovely and touching story that grapples with the universal question of how God can allow his children to suffer. Recommended for fans of Robinson as well as those who enjoyed Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, another exploration of pain and loneliness set against the backdrop of a small town. [See Prepub Alert, 4/7/14.]
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Goddess of Small Victories
While some of the mathematical discussions are hard to follow, the book offers insight into a little-known historical figure, as well as a portrait of Kurt's close friend, Albert Einstein. And Adele, who always lived in her husband's shadow, rightfully takes center stage, with readers marveling at how love can survive when it receives no nourishment. For fans of Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind.
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Three Bargains
Recommended for those who enjoy dramas like Khaled Husseini's The Kite Runner.
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Recommended for fans of novels about exploration as myth and about cultural clashes, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. [See Prepub Alert, 1/6/14.]
Euphoria
Recommended for fans of novels about exploration as myth and about cultural clashes, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. [See Prepub Alert, 1/6/14.]
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Can't and Won't: Stories
Davis, whose Varieties of Disturbance was a 2007 National Book Award finalist, is inventive and original. Recommended for fans of the short story and of "flash fiction." [See Prepub Alert, 10/21/13.]
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Doerr (The Shell Collector) has received multiple honors for his fiction, including four O. Henry Prizes and the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. His latest is highly recommended for fans of Michael Ondaatje's similarly haunting The English Patient.
All the Light We Cannot See
Doerr (The Shell Collector) has received multiple honors for his fiction, including four O. Henry Prizes and the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. His latest is highly recommended for fans of Michael Ondaatje's similarly haunting The English Patient.
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Recommended for fans of memoirs looking to understand family mental illness, such as Kathleen Finneran's The Tender Land.
Nothing Holds Back the Night
Recommended for fans of memoirs looking to understand family mental illness, such as Kathleen Finneran's The Tender Land.
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