by Amy | Jun 26, 2015 | Recommended Reading
A novel about mental illness, longing, guilt, and identity (theft, choice, fate, and confusion–you name it, it’s here), this book is my favorite kind–a suspenseful plot that doesn’t sacrifice any of the literary pleasures. It offers precise,...
by Amy | Feb 5, 2015 | Recommended Reading
In this marvelous novel a troubled British family vacationing outside London in the summer has their lives invaded by a young woman each thinks has been invited by someone else in the family. Smith’s inventive use of form to relate a simple plot is the...
by Amy | Dec 28, 2014 | Recommended Reading
The Georgia Flu causes a worldwide pandemic; in a matter of weeks 99% of humans are dead. Over the next twenty years pockets of individuals form towns of 50-100 people, but the world is without electricity, without gas, without most of everything around which we live...
by Amy | Nov 12, 2014 | Recommended Reading
Despite the sensationalist premise–a male ballet dancer is abducted by three women, sexually violated and tortured–this novel eschews the gruesome, the voyeuristic and the easy. A subtle, precisely-written meditation on trauma, gender roles and fate,...
by Amy | Nov 12, 2014 | Recommended Reading
The ultimate confidence man, Ken Kimble isn’t in it for the hour or the week, but for years. More threatening than Humbert or Raskolnikov without approaching their crimes, Kimble reminds us how little we know about those close to us and how great the stakes of...
by Amy | Nov 6, 2014 | Recommended Reading
The author’s incisive intellect, compassionate soul and elegant writing have produced several companionable, brilliant, reassuring books of essays. Each and every one will expand your knowledge and your sympathies. Buy the Book Visit the...
