Category Archives: Literary fiction
The Art of Fielding
After years of trying to get me to be as avid a baseball fan as he is, my husband was pleased to see me reading The Art of Fielding. There’s a lot more than baseball in this intelligent and absorbing … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, Coming of age, Literary fiction
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter [ebook]
For a brief time, long ago, Larry Ott and Silas Jones were friends. As children, they lived near one another and attended the same school; Silas is black and Larry is white, but it is more than race that conspires against … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, Literary fiction, mystery
One Amazing Thing [ebook]
Nine people are caught in the basement of an Indian consulate in San Francisco during a major earthquake. They are trapped there with no light or electricity and slowly rising water. To pass the time, and perhaps to calm their … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, ebooks, Literary fiction, relationships
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
It‘s strange how even the most secret of secrets can haunt your life, tear your family apart, and become a burden almost too heavy to bear. David Henry, a young orthopedic surgeon, attends his wife, Norah, in the delivery of their … Continue reading
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Filed under Adult fiction, Family, Literary fiction, relationships
A Visit From the Goon Squad
Don’t make the mistake I did of reading Goon Squad right after reading Franzen’s Freedom–the similarity of theme and characters gave me moments of confusion at first. Both deal with music, youth, aging and relationships, and both are beautifully written. … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, Family, Literary fiction, relationships
Mr. Peanut
If I were author Adam Ross’s wife, I’d be very, very worried. This novel of three men, their lives intertwined by the suspicious death of the wife of one of them, David Pepin, delves into the very dark side of … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, Family, Literary fiction
Never Let Me Go
This futuristic story of childhood friends Kath, Ruth, and Tommy, students at an elite British boarding school called Hailsham, has an underlying current of tragedy and foreboding. Told from the point of view of a grown-up Kath, the narrative meticulously analyzes moments throughout … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, Literary fiction
Broken
Alvar Eide wants to be a good person. He is polite and has never hurt anyone. But does that make him good? “Surely you’re meant to do good deeds, go the extra mile, make sacrifices, in order to earn the … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, Literary fiction
Into the Beautiful North
Three young Mexican women, Nayeli, Yolo and Vampi and their gay friend Tacho cross illegally into the United States. But they are not illegal aliens seeking a better life in America; they are on a quest to bring 7 brave men back … Continue reading
Filed under Adult fiction, Literary fiction
Invisible
Although he makes an interesting character in a book, Adam Walker isn’t really someone I would care to know. A Columbia University student who fancies himself a poet, Walker gets involved with a charming yet violence-prone professor named Born, who offers … Continue reading
Filed under Literary fiction
