Stories like Geller’s are not often found in our literary landscape, which is why I am so grateful for this (very sad, very moving) memoir.
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Stories like Geller’s are not often found in our literary landscape, which is why I am so grateful for this (very sad, very moving) memoir.
A gorgeously told tale of really tough subjects — terror, betrayal, love, and more — and gives you a portrait of how awful it is to live under dictatorship
The protagonist of Rest and Be Thankful is Laura, an overworked and overtired pediatric nurse who works in a NCIU. When she does sleep, she has terrifying dreams. When she is awake, she hallucinates strange figures. Yet, she continues to care for sick babies.
A delightful British mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end.
Addie LaRue is a young woman in 1700s rural France who makes a deal with a god of darkness, which promises her freedom and being tied to no one — but cursed with the fact that everyone she meets will forget her.
High as the Waters Rise is a portrait of a very sad oil worker who has lost his friend, but also a story of climate change and the global economy
This biography of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s relationship reportedly had the cooperation of the royals themselves. And even though representatives of Meghan & Harry deny their cooperation — their “inner circle” clearly had the blessing to talk to Omid Scobie & Carolyn Durand, in this in-depth look at the whirlwind romance, Royal Wedding, and royal exit.
Migrations is a brutal and beautiful novel
The Lightness is at once a coming-of-age tale, but also a literary thriller. You know something is going to happen — but you don’t know what, and Emily Temple expertly writes this tension into the narrative.
