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Stuck in the Middle with You, A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

On May 19, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

New York Times bestseller and acclaimed author Jennifer Finney Boylan returns with a remarkable memoir about gender and parenting, including incredible interviews discussing gender, how families are shaped, and the difficulties and wonders of being human.

We Need New Names, An Open-Eyed Coming-Of-Age Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo

On May 16, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

NoViolet Bulawayo’s debut calls to mind the great storytellers of displacement and arrival who have come before her–from Zadie Smith to Monica Ali to J.M. Coetzee–while she tells a vivid, raw story all her own.

Maya’s Notebook, A Lyrical Melodrama by Isabel Allende

On April 25, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer.

The Humanity Project, A Novel Accommodating the Mess of Everyday Lives by Jean Thompson

On April 18, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

Thompson proves herself at the height of her powers in The Humanity Project, crafting emotionally suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining characters, in which we inevitably see ourselves. Set against the backdrop of current events and cultural calamity, it is at once a multifaceted ensemble drama and a deftly observant story of our twenty-first-century society.

Amity & Sorrow: A Novel Based on the Daughters of Amaranth by Peggy Riley

On April 15, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

A mother and her daughters drive for days without sleep until they crash their car in rural Oklahoma. The mother, Amaranth, is desperate to get away from someone she’s convinced will follow them wherever they go–her husband. An unforgettable story of belief and redemption, AMITY & SORROW is about the influence of community and learning to stand on your own.

Woke Up Lonely: A Novel Exploring the World of Family, Fame and Forgiveness by Fiona Maazel

On April 11, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

With fiery, exuberant prose, Fiona Maazel takes us on a wild ride through North Korea’s guarded interior and a city of vice beneath Cincinnati, a ride that twists and turns as it delves into an unsettled, off-kilter America. Woke Up Lonely is an original and deeply funny novel that explores our very human impulse to seek and repel intimacy with the people who matter to us most.

All This Talk of Love: A Novel of Immigrant Life by Christopher Castellani

On April 6, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

It’s been fifty years since Antonio Grasso married Maddalena and brought her to America. That was the last time she saw her parents, her sisters and brothers—everything she knew and loved in the village of Santa Cecilia, Italy. All This Talk of Love is an incandescent novel about sacrifice and hope, loss and love, myth and memory.

Mom & Me & Mom, A Memoir About Life With Her Mother by Maya Angelou

On March 29, 2013, in Art & Literature, Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

Delving into one of her life’s most rich, rewarding, and fraught relationships, Mom & Me & Mom explores the healing and love that evolved between the two women over the course of their lives, the love that fostered Maya Angelou’s rise from immeasurable depths to reach impossible heights.

Abide with Me: A Novel About a Military Hero Returning from War in Afghanistan by Sabin Willett

On March 27, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

Their intense and unlikely adolescent romance provided scandalous gossip for the town. The young lovers escaped Hoosick Bridge, but Emma remained Roy’s obsession long after they parted. Now Roy returns from Afghanistan a changed and extraordinary man who will stop at nothing to obtain a piece of the Herricks’ legacy.

The Force of Things: A Marriage in War and Peace – A Memorable Study by Alexander Stille

On March 22, 2013, in Art & Literature, Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

The Force of Things follows two families across the twentieth century—one starting in czarist Russia, the other starting in the American Midwest—and takes them across revolution, war, fascism, and racial persecution, until they collide at mid-century. Their immediate attraction and tumultuous marriage is part of a much larger story: the mass migration of Jews from fascist-dominated Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.