A Writer Owes His Liberty to His Mother’s Surrender of Her Own
Ismail Kadare’s autobiographical novel “The Doll” is part remembrance, part detective story about how his mother shaped his own life.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable
In “Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds,” the public health expert Paul Farmer examines the structural and historical inequalities that led to Ebola’s devastating toll.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘The Moth and the Mountain,’ by Ed Caesar
“The Moth and the Mountain,” by Ed Caesar, recounts the unlikely story of a man who dreamed of being the first person to ascend Mount Everest.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘The Orchard,’ by David Hopen
In David Hopen’s debut novel, “The Orchard,” faith gets put to the test as a boy comes of age.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Director André Gregory Has Written a Memoir, but He Says He Hasn’t
In “This Is Not My Memoir,” the co-star of “My Dinner With André” remembers his many theatrical provocations.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Climate-Crisis Novel Offers True-to-Life Snapshots of Survival
“Stillicide,” a novel by Cynan Jones, imagines a world where an extended drought has transformed daily life.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Enslaved, Terrorized, Disenfranchised: Black Americans Still Found Ways to Change America
Two new works of history, “South to Freedom,” by Alice L. Baumgartner, and “The Kidnapping Club,” by Jonathan Daniel Wells, show how the actions of Black Americans have long influenced national politics.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Jacques Pépin and the Art of Making the Most of It
“Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple,” an updated cookbook, offers useful lessons in economy for trying times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Rachel Bloom’s Life Is an Open Book
The star and co-creator of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” wryly explores adolescent angst, adult trauma and musical theater in a new memoir, “I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
You Don't Have To Like Astrology To Love 'Written In The Stars'
A free-spirited astrology blogger and a straitlaced insurance actuary agree to fake a relationship — and then really fall for each other in Alexandria Bellefleur's charming queer romance.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
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