Claire Messud's sweeping novel borrows from her own 'Strange Eventful History'
Messud draws from her grandfather's handwritten memoir as she tells a cosmopolitan, multigenerational story about a family forced to move from Algeria to Europe to South and North America.
Source: NPR Book Reviews
My Octopus Teacher's Craig Foster dives into the ocean again in 'Amphibious Soul'
Nature's healing power is an immensely personal focus for Foster. He made his film after being burned out from long, grinding hours at work. After the release of the film, he suffered from insomnia.
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Late Admissions,’ by Glenn C. Loury
The professor and social commentator Glenn Loury opens up about his vices in a candid new memoir.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Are Plants Intelligent? If So, What Does That Mean for Your Salad?
A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Challenger,’ by Adam Higginbotham
As recounted in Adam Higginbotham’s “Challenger,” the 1986 tragedy that riveted a nation was a preventable lesson in hubris and human error.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Fat Leonard,’ by Craig Whitlock
In “Fat Leonard,” Craig Whitlock investigates one of the worst corruption scandals in U.S. military history.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Chop Fry Watch Learn,’ by Michelle T. King
As Michelle T. King demonstrates in this moving and ambitious biography, Fu Pei-mei was far more than “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘All Fours,’ by Miranda July
An anxious artist’s road trip stops short for a torrid affair at a tired motel. In “All Fours,” the desire for change is familiar. How to satisfy it isn’t.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘We Were the Universe,’ by Kimberly King Parsons
In Kimberly King Parsons’s witty, profane novel, “We Were the Universe,” a young mother seeks to salve a profound loss.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Rebel Girl,’ by Kathleen Hanna
In her intimate memoir, “Rebel Girl,” the punk-rock heroine Kathleen Hanna recalls a life of trauma, triumph and riot grrrl rebellion.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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