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Thrillers

Laurie Petrou, “Sister of Mine” Author Interview

We had the pleasure of interviewing Laurie Petrou, author of the chilling thriller Sister of Mine, now available to purchase.     Laurie Petrou is an author, professor, PhD, and a drinker of tea. Most of my adventures take place inside books. I am, I think, part Hobbit: I love my books,…
BookTrib
August 24, 2018
MiscellanyPop Culture

“Beautiful Boy,” From Book(s) to Movie

Rarely do two books equal one movie, but such is the math of “Beautiful Boy” starring Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet. It’s the story of one family’s battle with addiction, based on Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the memoir by journalist David Sheff, and…
Joanna Poncavage
November 20, 2018
Fiction

Twisting Bodies and Crippling Insecurities

"You can't buy happiness." This old adage came to my mind again and again as I was reading Ann Lineberger's The Adjustments (Full Fathom Five Digital), a sharp satirical novel on the upper crust of Connecticut society, flourishing in so many ways, and yet incredibly vulnerable in others. It's in rare…
Rebecca Proulx
February 4, 2019
Fiction

Toxic Masculinity, Suffocating Parents and Survival

In Sophie Mackintosh's debut dystopian fiction, The Water Cure (Doubleday), love is rationed like water--and in scarce supply. Dubbed "a gripping, sinister fable" by dystopian queen Margaret Atwood, I had high expectations coming into this novel. Mackintosh did not disappoint. Three sisters live on an island with their mother and…
Rebecca Proulx
January 9, 2019
Fiction

Julia Kelly Unites Two Women Of Different Times

There is a certain allure that comes with stories about English women—whatever year they live and thrive, however old they are. From Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennett to Thomas Hardy’s Bathsheba Everdene, to Anita Brookner’s Edith Hope, we are keenly invested in the trials and tribulations these women endure. That being…
Susan Shapiro Barash
January 2, 2019