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Footsteps: In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 5:00am
By RATHA TEP
The vast coastal county of Cornwall, England, had a profound effect on the future writing of the impressionable young girl who would become a literary star.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Nonfiction: Claiming the Title of United States Marine

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 5:00am
By MARK BOWDEN
In his brutally honest memoir, “Eat the Apple,” Matt Young grapples with his experiences in the corps.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Nonfiction: Chris Hughes Made Millions at Facebook. Now He Has a Plan to End Poverty.

Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 10:00pm
By FELIX SALMON
In “Fair Shot,” the entrepreneur considers the role luck played in his career, and how to make life more just for everyone.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Drawing Black History: 4 Children’s Book Illustrators Show Us How

Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 5:00am
By MARIA RUSSO and JOSEPHINE SEDGWICK
We talked to the creators of four children’s books that depict forgotten figures from black history or find new meaning in familiar ones.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Curl Up With 'The Tuscan Child,' A Truly Cozy Mystery

Saturday, February 24, 2018 - 7:01am
By Bethanne Patrick

This tale of an RAF pilot, the Italian woman who rescues him after a crash, and 30 years later, his daughter, is so skillful and comforting that you may not even notice the fact that there's a war on.

(Image credit: Eslah Attar/NPR)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


The Book Review Podcast: Tayari Jones on ‘An American Marriage’

Friday, February 23, 2018 - 3:20pm
Jones talks about her new novel, and J. Randy Taraborrelli discusses “Jackie, Janet & Lee.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Inside the List: The Experiences That Inspired ‘An American Marriage’

Friday, February 23, 2018 - 12:19pm
By TINA JORDAN
Tayari Jones on exploring wrongful imprisonment in her new novel: “Since childhood, I have harbored a fear that prison would abduct the men in my life.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Shortlist: Dangers Close to Home: Four New Domestic Thrillers

Friday, February 23, 2018 - 5:00am
By JACQUELINE CAREY
Imperiled wives inhabit the novels of Karen Cleveland, A.J. Finn, and the team of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. Karen Perry adds a dangerous daughter.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Fiction: Child’s Eye View of the Dirty War

Friday, February 23, 2018 - 5:00am
By CHRIS POWER
A mysterious mother and her uncertain fate haunt the debut novel “A Beautiful Young Woman,” by the Argentine writer Julián López.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Nonfiction: Harlem Wasn’t the Only Place With a Renaissance

Friday, February 23, 2018 - 5:00am
By HERB BOYD
Mark Whitaker’s “Smoketown” tells the untold story of Pittsburgh’s role as an African-American mecca in the mid-20th century.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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