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A Tale of Four Troubled and Talented Sisters, Told With Irish Flair

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 5:00am

By S. Kirk Walsh

There’s more than blarney in Caoilinn Hughes’s riotous, ambitiously structured new novel.

Book Review: ‘Crooked Seeds,’ by Karen Jennings

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 5:00am

By Wadzanai Mhute

“Crooked Seeds,” by Karen Jennings, is set in a drought-stricken South Africa where its fraught history is ever-present.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Negative Space,’ by Gillian Linden

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 5:00am

By Lynn Steger Strong

Gillian Linden’s slim debut novel, “Negative Space,” explores the being and nothingness of modern motherhood.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

These Gay Novels Offer a ‘More Interesting Conversation’ About Faith

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 12:00pm

By Joshua Barone

Recent books by Allen Bratton, Daniel Lefferts and Garrard Conley depict gay Christian characters not usually seen in queer literature.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘The Spoiled Heart,’ by Sunjeev Sahota

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 11:03am

By Caoilinn Hughes

“The Spoiled Heart,” by Sunjeev Sahota, contrasts race and class struggles in the story of a man’s downfall.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Knife,’ by Salman Rushdie

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 7:00am

By Dwight Garner

“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Muse of Fire,’ by Michael Korda

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 5:00am

By Alice Winn

In “Muse of Fire,” Michael Korda depicts the lives and passions of the soldier poets whose verse provided a view into the carnage of World War I.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Three Daughters, Three New Memoirs About Mothers

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 5:00am

By Kim Hubbard

Genevieve Kingston, Susan Lieu and Kao Kalia Yang explore the complicated lives of the women who raised them.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Books We Love: Love And Romance

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 3:00am

By Linda Holmes

NPR's Books We Love is a roundup of favorite books of the year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. From the meet cutes to the happy endings and through all the ups and downs in between, we're recommending great books for people who love love and romance.

Source: NPR Book Reviews

Books We Love: Love And Romance

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 3:00am

By Linda Holmes

Source: NPR Book Reviews

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