New in town and in need of some pals, a young mom casually passes along a juicy piece of gossip at her book club, resulting in some major drama in Lesley Kara’s aptly-named The Rumor. Joanna moves out of the city to raise her five year old son Alfie in a more contained environment. When …
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everything to everyone
Jo and Bethie Kauffman are polar opposites as kids. Bethie is the girlie girl, the apple of her mother’s eye, prim and proper, dressed in frills and lace. Jo is lanky, sporty, with skinned knees and a proclivity for getting in trouble, as well as playing with the maid’s kid. Jennifer Weiner introduces us to …
embers
An idealistic young Iranian woman finds new life and purpose in America after having her heart broken in Marjan Kamali’s The Stationery Shop. Teenage Roya passes her days with her nose in a book, focusing on her studies and scoffing at her younger sister, who cares more about her appearance and about boys than she …
my therapist:
It never occurred to me that therapists would go to therapy. To be honest, my only experience with considering therapists outside of the office took place when I saw my former therapist at a rummage sale and had no idea how to handle the awkwardness. It was like seeing a teacher outside of school, except …
through the darkness
Lydia Fitzpatrick tells the story of two brothers growing up in Russia who dream of a life in America in her book Lights All Night Long. As Fitzpatrick weaves together the past and current adventures of Ilya and Vladimir, two young men being raised by a single mother in the shadow of a Russian oil …
dog eat dog
Jessica Yellin’s first book, Savage News, explores the cutthroat world of journalism in our nation’s capital. The title character is Natalie Savage, a young television reporter whose dream of getting the plum assignment as a network’s White House correspondent is overshadowed by the game show-like competition that pits her against a doofus male reporter, much …
sugar and spice and everything nice
Reshma Saujani’s Brave, Not Perfect was inspired by a popular Ted Talk that the author gave on the subject of the differences between how little girls and little boys are raised. While I’ve never seen the Ted Talk, which went viral, I did enjoy the book she wrote to continue the conversation sparked by the …
an amazing life
Barbara Bush was a commanding figure, even though she grew shorter as she aged. In The Matriarch, author Susan Page chronicles the fascinating life of one of the most admired First Ladies (and First Mothers) in our nation’s history. Page had unprecedented access to Barbara Bush’s diaries and conducted extensive interviews with her subject along …
the vastest conspiracy
Stubborn, motivated Stephanie Maddox is the head of internal affairs at the FBI. She is a single mother, raising her only child while handling her intense career. Driven by an internal compass of right and wrong, Stephanie wants to put her teenage son first, but her job usually takes his place. Keep You Close is …
right & wrong
Yoda is famous for saying, “Do or do not. There is no try.” I think Yoda and Andrew McCabe would be friends. The former acting director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe wrote and released The Threat after being removed from his post last spring. McCabe was appointed acting FBI director after James Comey was unceremoniously fired via …
Literal Laura 