IIn March 2023, Alex Murdaugh, 54, received two life sentences for the murders of his wife and young son at the family’s hunting lodge in Colleton County, South Carolina. From the early 20th century, three generations of his family were elected as state prosecutors in the “Lowcountry”, a vast expanse of lush, marshy marshland on
AAnnie and Vernice (or Niecy, as Annie calls her) are “foster friends” raised in their hometown of Honeysuckle, Louisiana, in 1950s America. The heroes are defined by their motherlessness and their individual tragedies and their individual drives to escape pre-written destinies. In this haunting novel of motherhood and sisterhood, Tayari Jones writes about unknowability –
The black-and-white booklet is meant to fit easily into the pocket or slip into the palm of a polite stranger whose willingness to make eye contact has left them open to learning about race relations in America. On the cover two men in suits sit across from each other at a desk, one white and
nebraskaBy Monica Dutta Forget the humble. Let the interpreters – the answerers of history, the trolls of the margins, the keepers of the last word – inherit the earth. At the very least, it might be worth listening to them. Such is the case with Monica Dutta’s thrilling new novel “Nebraska,” which deals with the
Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring MysteryBy Kaitlyn Tiffany In the epilogue of Caitlyn Tiffany’s “The Housewives Underground,” a journey through the world of early John F. Kennedy assassination suspects, the author makes a pilgrimage to a former boardinghouse in Dallas that has been preserved
A Princeton University dropout who spent most of his life in New York, F. Scott Fitzgerald is often associated with the East Coast, but the themes that recur in his work – old money versus new money, the dangerous allure of the American dream – also belong to California. And Fitzgerald did just that for
Katie’s parents never told her “no” when she asked for the book, which was the beginning of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full-time as a circulation and reference manager at the University of Illinois. She has a deep love of all things disturbing, twisted, and
There’s a lot of history to celebrate on America’s 250th birthday Library Company of PhiladelphiaIt is the oldest public rare book collection in the United States, founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin. The nation’s forty-five-year-old, historic nonprofit once extended borrowing privileges to delegates to the First and Second Continental Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. Before
The book world is currently going through a major change. in february this year Washington Post Shut down its books section, known as Book World, among many other editorial operations, leaving a huge gap in the book coverage that readers need in the age of AI recommendations and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). WaPo Book World
slow burn In this new take on the Regency romance, Bridgerton meets Emily Henry, a wallflower who writes a dictionary of cheesy slang, who arranges her marriage to the ultimate coachman: the town rake. Can love be redefined? This lady and the rake are about to find out! Wallflowers, rakes, and everyone in between: new