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‘Presumed Innocent’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Steps In for Harrison Ford

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 1:00pm
By Mike Hale
Jake Gyllenhaal steps in for Harrison Ford in a new, highly strung adaptation of Scott Turow’s legal thriller for Apple TV+.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Memoir by Trump’s Nephew Will Shed Light Into ‘Darker Corner’ of Family

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 9:51am
By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
Fred C. Trump III’s “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way” will hit shelves July 30.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ by Rufi Thorpe

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 5:02am
By Nick Hornby
Young, single and broke, a new mom finds creative ways to stay afloat in Rufi Thorpe’s deft comic novel “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Ask Me Again,’ by Clare Sestanovich

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 5:02am
By Andrew Martin
Her first novel, “Ask Me Again,” follows a young woman from high school in New York City to an elite university, to her early adulthood among the political class in Washington, D.C.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘One of Our Kind,’ by Nicola Yoon

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 5:01am
By Kashana Cauley
In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘One of Our Kind,’ by Nicola Yoon

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 5:01am
By Kashana Cauley
In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion,’ by Cory Leadbeater

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 5:00am
By Alissa Wilkinson
In “The Uptown Local,” Cory Leadbeater describes his years as the late writer’s assistant and companion. Yet the fond portrait reveals more about him than her.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Bluestockings, Hakim’s, Red Emma’s: How Did These Bookstores Build Movements?

Monday, June 10, 2024 - 12:00pm
By Claire Wang
The pandemic fueled a boom in social justice movements and indie bookstores. The two come together in these worker-owned shops.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


In 'Consent,' an author asks: 'Me too? Did I have the agency to consent?'

Monday, June 10, 2024 - 11:16am
By Heller McAlpin

Jill Ciment wrote about a relationship she had with a teacher when she was very young – that turned into a marriage – in Half a Life. Now, eight years after his death at 93, she reconsiders their relationship in light of the #MToo movement.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


An arresting memoir of 'Consent' asks: Does a marriage's end excuse its beginning?

Monday, June 10, 2024 - 10:25am
By Maureen Corrigan

Jill Ciment was 17 in 1970 when she got involved with the 47-year-old teacher who would become her husband. Now widowed, she reconsiders the relationship — and its "poisonous" beginnings.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


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