For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Following the death of her mother, Fiona buys a new house in order to start a new chapter of her life, one with fewer reminders of painful memories. Unbeknownst to Fiona, this house has a melancholy history, and slightly more ghosts than she anticipated. In learning to live with her unexpected companions and their … Read more
[ad_1] Kirabo presses against the boundaries of tradition in her small village of Nattetta, Uganda. She does not outright reject her people’s customs, but her desire to learn where she comes from—specifically, the history of her mother—drives her to seek help along the edge of what tradition allows to find her own way into womanhood. … Read more
[ad_1] In Eighty Days to Elsewhere, Ramona Keene works in her family bookshop. Two Old Queens Books & Tea is owned by Romy’s Uncle Merv and his partner Tommy, and she has worked there since she was a teenager. It’s cozy and safe—if a little dusty—and Romy spends most of her time trying to get … Read more
[ad_1] The first two-thirds of Sisters is filled with allusions to the event that lies at the crux of the story; these sprinkled tidbits of information slowly work to clear the dirt away from the truth of what happened. When you discover the details of that event, you might be shocked, like I was, or … Read more
[ad_1] When she was about 30, Julian of Norwich got sick and saw God. For about a week she lay in bed, beholding Christ in gory, color-changing agony (“all his blessed face covered at one point in dry blood”), several heavens, and the cosmos contained in a walnut. Not long afterwards—from what historians can tell, … Read more
[ad_1] What’s not surprising at all? The fact that Abbe, Jess, and Emma could not wait to talk about a great book for 30 minutes, as they do every month for the Read it Forward book club. In August, they read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett—a stunning work of fiction about two inseparable twins … Read more
[ad_1] The Chicago Review of Books acknowledges the unfortunate passing of Randall Kenan on August 28th, 2020. His work as a writer and educator, and contributions to the field of literature, particularly as a Black, gay writer from the South, cannot be overstated. If I Had Two Wings, Randall Kenan’s second collection of stories, immediately … Read more
[ad_1] Happy September! Fall is in the air, which means it’s time to put great new fall books on our bookshelves. Here are ten of our favorite books coming out this month, including works of sci-fi, fantasy, memoir, environmental reportage, and much, much more. City of SparrowsBy Eva Nour; Translated by Agnes BrooméMelville House “Growing … Read more
[ad_1] A day laborer hired to clean up a flooded creek outside of Boulder, Colorado uncovers what could be a valuable find—if it doesn’t kill him first. It was just a day-labor gig. Really, the only reason I’d signed on was because, for insurance reasons, hiring on meant getting fitted for a brand-new … Read more
[ad_1] “I don’t want to talk about my family,” I announced to the therapist at the beginning of my very first counseling session. “I had a perfect childhood.” I wasn’t there to marinate ad nauseam in some theoretical Freudian stew of discontent that didn’t actually exist. I just had some patterns that I recognized as … Read more