GILEAD
Told through the eyes of a Midwestern minister nearing the end of his life, Gilead unfolds in the form of a letter. As Reverend Ames writes to his young son,…
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THE GREEN AGE OF ASHER WITHEROW
In this mesmerizing first novel by a gifted young writer, the drama of California’s rich immigrant history and the freshness and wonder of childhood combine with darker elements of legend,…
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
In the early 1960s, Myrmy stubs her toe in the predawn hours on her way to soothe her infant son, cursing the latest nurse for not waking up, again. Dressed…
DISGRACE
Disgrace—set in post–apartheid Cape Town and on a remote farm in the Eastern Cape—is deft, lean, quiet, and brutal. A heartbreaking novel about a man and his daughter, Disgrace is…
SWEETNESS IN THE BELLY
An evocative and richly imagined story of a British Muslim woman’s search for love and belonging in two very different worlds. When Lilly is eight years old, her pot-smoking hippy…
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage—and a life,…