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Family Choices and Cultural Clashes Push Boundaries

Jennifer Acker’s debut The Limits of the World is a ruminative and insightful look at the way in which choices play out over several generations within a family's timeline. The subject matter calls to mind Pachinko, and the book will also draw inevitable comparisons to Jhumpa Lahiri. The Chandaria family, Indians who’ve settled in…

Jessica McEnteeApril 16, 2019

Family Dynamics and the Surprising Truth Between Twins in Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister”

The Good Sister (St. Martin's Press) by Sally Hepworth is entertaining, captivating and addictive. I love her storytelling, atypical characters and the tricky twists and turns which are always surprising in the end. Rose and Fern are sisters: Rose is the responsible one, married with a white picket fence and…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 3, 2021

Family and Culture Push Boundaries in “Limits of the World”

Jennifer Acker’s debut novel, The Limits of the World, now available in paperback from Delphinium, is a ruminative and insightful look at the way in which choices play out over several generations within a family’s timeline. The subject matter calls to mind Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, and the book will also…

Jessica McEnteeApril 6, 2020

Explore the Realities of Success and Failure in “Want”

While we know that every decade endures significant cultural shifts and societal prescriptions, it is the plight of the eighties child that expectations do not always meet with reality. Such is the case for Elizabeth, the first person narrator of Lynn Steger Strong’s new novel, Want (Henry Holt). Elizabeth certainly…

Susan Shapiro BarashJuly 6, 2020

‘The Eves of MY Destruction’ Alerts Many to Devastating Cyber Crimes

My new book, The Eves of My Destruction is entirely a work of fiction but it has many kernels of truth. The technology explained in the story is real and while I took care not to reveal too many insider secrets, be aware if you read my book that similar…

Roy BerelowitzOctober 19, 2017

Elizabeth Berg imagines the life of George Sand in The Dream Lover

It’s difficult not to look back on the past as a black-and-white photograph: staid, colorless, and more conservative than our own time. “Each generation thinks it invented sex: each generation is totally mistaken,” author Robert Heinlein once famously wrote—and of course, he’s right. It’s difficult to picture bygone eras getting…

Rachel CarterApril 9, 2015

Is Shattered Glass The New Profile of A Woman For Trendy Book Covers?

They say to never judge a book by its cover, but most of us are guilty of picking up a shiny novel just because of the awesome book cover image. It’s hard not to be enticed by a particularly cool graphic or just the right picture to whet your appetite.…

Rachel CarterJuly 25, 2017

Brimming With Political Tension, “The Sun Collective” Is an Eerily Relevant Supernatural Thriller

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_Baxter_TheSunCollective.jpg Like a skilled magician, Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief, messes with reality just enough to transport the reader into an ominous fog of "tomorrow-plus-today” — Baxter’s shorthand for interwoven timelines. In his supernatural thriller, The Sun Collective (Pantheon), a cultist new age movement has taken root in…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitNovember 17, 2020

Redemption and Second Chances in Thomas’ “The Future She Left Behind”

A story of new beginnings in old places - with baggage. Unwanted baggage. Katelyn ran from her small-town roots as soon as she could. Don was everything she wanted: ambitious, caring, safe. After nineteen years, the kids have left for college, and she’s just beginning to realize her life has…

Laura DrakeSeptember 14, 2017

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

The opening lines to Cate Holahan’s The Widower’s Wife (Crooked Lane Books, August 9, 2016) solidified my perpetual refusal to go on a cruise ship. Her newest thriller follows the investigation of a young wife gone missing on a cruise and she just so happens to have a lofty inheritance. Ryan…

Matt GillickNovember 2, 2016

From AuthorBuzz: A Belated Coming-of-Age Story

This week's AuthorBuzz giveaway features a novel about growing up, long after you're supposed to have grown up. To learn more about how to win this clever suburban satire, read on. Dear Reader— Maybe you know a Marjorie Moore. Maybe you are one. She’s dauntless, desperate, and a little bit…

AuthorBuzzMarch 24, 2019

At an Elite School, Be Careful Who You Trust

Set in the early 1980s, Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise (Henry Holt & Co.) is an artful and bold novel that elasticizes form and content. The plot centers on a love affair between Sarah and David, students at an elite school for the performing arts in an unnamed city. As in Donna…

Jessica McEnteeApril 26, 2019

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Ann Claycomb Explores the Life of a Mermaid in ‘The Mermaid’s Daughter’

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content, including this article from Ann Claycomb! Fiction and creative nonfiction writer Ann Claycomb has become the master of the underwater life of mermaids since researching for her latest novel, The Mermaid's Daughter. Below, she shares with Bookish her discoveries and…

BookishMarch 15, 2017

Book Review: Alexander McCall Smith brings Emma into the 21st century

In her lifetime, Jane Austen gained neither great fame nor fortune from novels that today are considered some of the best in the world. This year marks 200 years since the publication of Austen’s “Emma,” the story of a well-meaning but misguided matchmaker who makes more mischief than marriages. Modern…

Carol MemmottApril 7, 2015

A Journey of Survival During WWII in “Driven By Conscience” by Rachel Goss

Rachel Goss has done a fine and thoughtful job of braiding fiction with history in her debut novel, Driven by Conscience (Tarkus Imaging). The cast of characters demonstrate patriotism during a time when governments are making decisions with cataclysmic repercussions. It is World War II. Uwe Johannes, a young German…

Sherri DaleyJuly 24, 2020

2017 Goodreads Choice Awards: BookTrib’s Top Picks in Every Category

The Goodreads Choice Awards are here once again, and we’re already knee-deep in the semifinal rounds. The books have been narrowed down to 20 choices in each category, and the competition is tougher than ever. Semifinals last until November 12th, with the final round of voting open from the 14th…

BookTribNovember 11, 2017

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