And Even More Summer Reading!
July 16, 2008 | 8:43 am
It’s beginning to feel like I have hold of a theme, here … but the July/August issue of Poets & Writers has some excellent summer reading suggestions that I just have to pass along … (and this in addition to an article on André Dubus, whom everyone should read …)
Recommended are:
- My Sister, My Love: Joyce Carol Oates, out in July: according to the publisher, “her most controversial novel to date.” (Not to be difficult, or anything, but how can it be controversial before it’s published?). Inspired by the JonBenet Ramsey murder.
- Commonwealth: Joey Goebel. Two brothers juggling what it means to be a patriot.
- The Other: David Guterson. Another two-protagonist novel, this time two boys (one wealthy, one blue-collar Irish) brought together by a common love of the outdoors.
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee: Rebecca Miller. A couple moves to a retirement community.
- Somebody Else’s Daughter: Elizabeth Brundage. An adopted daughter sees her life and values change as she learns about both of her families.
- No One Tells Everything: Rae Meadows. A murder brings up memories for the protagonist, whose younger sister was murdered twenty-five years earlier.
- My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare: Jess Winfield. How can you resist a title like that? It’s a tale of two Shakespeares, and is on my TBR pile!
That’s it for this week. Maybe I’ll just spend the summer here giving you titles to take with you to the beach!
Jeannette Cézanne
Open Your Heart with Reading
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