Books reviewed by BJ Nathan Hegedus at BookBrowse.

BJ Nathan Hegedus

A writer, bookseller and artist, BJ Nathan Hegedus is a lover, foremost, of good tales. Her essays and short stories have been anthologized and also included in local publications. She is currently at work on a memoir collection about the wonders of growing up in Manhattan.

Books reviewed by BJ Nathan Hegedus

Splendors and Glooms (11/28/12)

The Dovekeepers (04/04/12)

Scenes from Village Life (10/19/11)

Started Early, Took My Dog (05/12/11)

The Empty Family (02/16/11)

The Good Daughters (09/22/10)

The Chosen One (09/08/10)

Alone With You (06/09/10)

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (03/03/10)

Abigail Adams (11/19/09)

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Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus

Praised by Parade and The New York Times Book Review, this debut features a 1960s scientist turned TV cooking star.

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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.

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The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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Serial Killer Games
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A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life—and love—can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry).

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by Susanna Kwan

A debut novel about an artist and a 130-year-old woman bound by love and memory in a future, flooded San Francisco.

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The Original Daughter
by Jemimah Wei

A dazzling debut by Jemimah Wei about ambition, sisterhood, and family bonds in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.

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Ginseng Roots
by Craig Thompson

A new graphic memoir from the author of Blankets and Habibi about class, childhood labor, and Wisconsin’s ginseng industry.

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