Dear BookBrowsers,
In this issue, we review Binnie Kirshenbaum's
Counting Backwards, a novel that puts a perceptive, witty spin on the difficult topic of
dealing with illness in a marriage.
Author Katie Kitamura brings us her trademark suspense in
Audition, another story about roles and relationships, here seen through the lens of performance. We include an accompanying Beyond the Book reading list of
fiction featuring actors.
The Usual Desire to Kill by Camilla Barnes also employs theatre-based structures in its depiction of aging and generational differences within a family.
Danger and destruction emerge as additional themes in our coverage with
Tilt by Emma Pattee, in which a character already anxious about her pregnancy is launched into a survival scenario when an earthquake hits as she's shopping at the Portland IKEA; our related article looks at what experts say about "
The Big One," a massive seismic event predicted to affect the West Coast. Kate Folk's
Sky Daddy focuses on a woman who is attracted to airplanes, an experience she compares and contrasts with
objectum sexuality (OS), and preoccupied by her supposedly fated fiery death.
The Railway Conspiracy by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan, the second book in the Dee and Lao mystery series, brings intrigue to 1920s London in an investigation that begins with the theft of a Chinese antique.
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams is a personal account and self-avowed "cautionary tale" of one woman's fraught time working for Facebook.
Be sure to also check out our other reviews and articles, along with the latest
previews of upcoming books, an exciting batch of new
online book club discussions,
First Impressions books, and more.
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