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Brunt, Carol Rifka. Tell the Wolves I’m Home. New York: Dial Press, c2012 This is a beautiful story of love and friendship; a coming of age tale with a backdrop of 1980s New York during the tragic AIDS epidemic before AZT. The young protagonist’s voice is so sensitively realized and acutely honest that more than one reviewer evokes Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird in their description of this debut novel. |
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Fowler, Karen Joy. We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves. New York: Putnam, 2013. From the author of The Jane Austen Book Club, this novel about a family, science and humanity is next on my reading list. Reviewers are describing its themes as compassion, truth, love and tragedy and friends have mentioned it’s hard to put down. |
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Wolitzer, Meg. The Interestings. New York : Riverhead Books, 2013 I might be the only librarian who hasn’t read this book yet; everyone is talking about it! It’s about a group of friends who met at a summer camp for artsy teens in 1974 and stayed in touch into adulthood. It’s receiving exceptional reviews and sounds like a great summer read. |
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Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend, trans. Ann Goldstein. New York: Europa Editions, 2012. This novel is the first in a trilogy by this important popular Italian author. By following the close friendship of two women starting with their 1950s childhood, this story illustrates the transformation of their relationship and the significant changes experienced in their neighborhood and country. It will make you want to read her other books! |