Tweet I couldn’t wait to read my friend Lauren Miller’s debut novel, Parallel. I was already wowed by what I knew of Lauren’s story, that she’d written the first draft of this book during her daughter’s infancy. Then, I read Parallel and found it an entirely engrossing, tremendously fun experience. Parallel is a compulsively readable [...]
Tweet I couldn’t wait to read Courtney Sullivan’s new novel, The Engagements, which comes out June 12th. I was fortunate enough to read it recently (for disclosure, we share an agent, and I was given an advance copy. The views expressed here are absolutely my own). The Engagements opens in 1947, late at night, as Frances, an [...]
Tweet Anyone who’s been reading here for a bit knows how passionately I loved Launa’s account of her family’s year in France, Wherever Launa Goes. Imagine my delight, then, when I received her book, which tells the story of what she discovered in her year away from home. I don’t think it’s giving anything away [...]
Tweet When my copy of The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage, I opened it hurriedly and dove in. One of the editors, Lisa Catherine Harper, is both a friend and a writer I adore. I read, loved, and reviewed her first book, A Double Life: Discovering Motherhood. Other writers I love, like Deborah Kopaken Cogan and [...]
Tweet I was hesitant to review Emily Rapp’s beautiful memoir, The Still Point of the Turning World, because I worried that writing about how I related to her story would trivialize what she experienced. But the book haunted me. I couldn’t turn around, interact with my children, or look out the window without thinking of [...]
Tweet I recently read all four books in Lois Lowry’s Giver quartet. This book, Son, is the final book in the series. I was hugely moved by both the entire foursome and by this book in particular. I’m happy to be reviewing Son on Great New Books today. I loved, loved, loved this story and [...]
Tweet Today, our This is Childhood series is about THREE. As Nina Badzin so beautifully puts it, “three is climbing, dancing and understanding the rules of a game.” Please click over to read Nina’s words on the age of independence and stumbling, of “I do it myTHELF.” Email this post
Tweet I am delighted and honored to be joining the team at Great New Books. I am proud to be a part of the site, whose motto is sharing our favorite books one week at a time. Our reviews are published on Wednesdays, and we will also be featuring authors talking about what they love [...]
Tweet At the end of this review, see details about how to win a signed copy! To say that I was excited to read Katrina Kenison’s new book, Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment, is an almost ridiculous understatement. I read The Gift of an Ordinary Day a couple of years ago in one breathless [...]
Tweet My go-to gift for everyone, from child to husband to parent, has always been books. Each year, more than a handful of people ask me for ideas for books to give to people in their lives. I know it’s late (though not too late for a gift certificate with some suggested titles!), but here [...]
