Blogs in August 2014

Advise and Consent 16th August 2014

The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political fiction—as relevant today as when it was first published....

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Children of the Revolution 16th August 2014

This is the same book as: The Beautiful Things that Heave Bears Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father’s life, Stepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind,...

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Life Drawing 13th August 2014

Augusta and Owen have taken the leap. Leaving the city and its troubling memories behind, they have moved to the country for a solitary life where they can devote their days to each other and their art, where Gus...

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The Bonesetter’s Daughter 12th August 2014

LuLing Young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write down all that she can remember of her life as a...

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Starstruck in Seattle 10th August 2014

A sparkling story from the Queen of Ro-magic comedy! Aspiring actress Anna Hilford might only have a small role in a leading television drama, but she longs to be dreamboat Karl Drake’s leading lady. Sick of being loveless and...

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