A woman embraces change in the 1960s in Tessa Hadley's novel 'Free Love'
Phyllis Fischer, a 40-year-old wife and mother, is drawn into a liberating relationship with a much younger man. She soon realizes that perhaps she wasn't so content as she thought.
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Battling an Ancient Scourge
In “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History,” Vidya Krishnan explores one of the world’s most infectious and dangerous diseases.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Coming of age with three contemporary YA novels
In each of these stories — Full Flight, Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman, Ophelia After All — a girl stands at a junction in her life, on the brink of deciding who she wants to be.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Mushroom Paintings, Reading Speeds and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Newly Published, From Quincy Troupe to Art Censorship
A selection of books published this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Ruta Sepetys Talks About ‘I Must Betray You’
Sepetys discusses her latest Y.A. historical novel, and Jami Attenberg talks about “I Came All This Way to Meet You.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Heather Havrilesky Compares Her Husband to a Heap of Laundry
In her memoir, “Foreverland,” the advice columnist opens up about her own marriage.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘My Year Abroad’ and ‘Amoralman’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Review: Two New Biographies of Buster Keaton
Two major biographies, James Curtis’s “Buster Keaton” and Dana Stevens’s “Camera Man,” take on the brilliant funnyman and filmmaker.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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