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FICTION
Released: April 5, 2011
THE UNCOUPLING
by Meg Wolitzer
"A risky strategy pays off for a smart author whose work both amuses and hits home."
Not previously known for whimsy, Wolitzer (The Ten-Year Nap, 2008, etc.) uses a magical premise to launch her sharp-eyed assessment of sexual desire in its permutations across generations and genders. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 26, 2010
Kirkus Star THE MARRIAGE ARTIST
by Andrew Winer
"A tour de force of provocative ideas--about art, love, Jewish identity, survivor's guilt, the fluidity of time and so much else--expressed through emotionally riveting characters."
In this resolutely ambitious novel from Winer (The Color Midnight Made, 2002), a present-day art critic's attempt to understand his dead wife and her brilliant Native-American artist-lover intertwines with the fate of an equally brilliant Jewish artist in 1930s Vienna. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 31, 2010
FREEDOM
by Jonathan Franzen
"If "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" (as Kris Kristofferson wrote), this book uses too many words to convey too much of nothing."
The epic sprawl of this ambitious yet ultimately unsatisfying novel encompasses everything from indie rock to environmental radicalism to profiteering in the Middle East. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: July 1, 2010
AS HUSBANDS GO
by Susan Isaacs
"The mystery is barely there, but Isaacs' fans will enjoy another sharp-tongued romp through the New York privileged classes and their foibles."
What was Susie Gersten's perfect husband doing in the apartment of a medium-rent call girl? Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2009
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU
by Jonathan Tropper
"Tropper (How to Talk to a Widower, 2007, etc.) has covered this man-child territory before, but few can rival his poignant depictions of damaged men befuddled by the women they love. "
Reeling from the sudden collapse of his marriage, Judd Foxman spends an illuminating week with his dysfunctional family. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2004
THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE
by Anne Tyler
"So smart, so sensitive, so readable and engaging. Is it churlish to suggest that an author obviously at the peak of her powers should broaden her horizons and push herself a little harder the next time out?"
Painfully accurate and painfully funny as ever, Tyler's 16th novel (Back When We Were Grownups, 2001, etc.) traces the stormy union of two people who love but can't stand each other. Read full book review >