Book Review: Something Fresh
Something Fresh – P.G. Wodehouse The Random House Group Limited – Arrow Books $21.95 For virtually 100 years there has been no writer in Merrie Olde England to match P.…
‘Frozen in Time’ tells story of survival
A true World War II story of danger and bravery – incredible bravery – of men who were primarily in the business of rescuing fliers and other US military around…
Novel showcases search for long-lost family member
Searching for Caleb is a book that focuses on relationships among generations of the Peck family of Baltimore. While it is lively narrative all the way – author Anne Tyler…
‘The Good Nurse’ tells tale of medicine and madness
The Good Nurse is a true non-fiction book. It follows the career of a killer who has (at least) a possible 300 deaths to his credit. His name is Charles…
‘Orchardist’ explores depth of family relationships
The Orchardist is a straight story – a first novel – but without the psychological twists that seem to characterize contemporary fiction. In more or less the mid-19th century, the…
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel forms complex view of titular character
Advertised as a book of short stories – 13 of them – Olive Kitteridge is actually separate chapters of a narrative in which each character comes at the reader with…
‘Half the Sky’ is remarkable tale
A lovely old Chinese proverb opens this book: “Women hold up half the sky.” It represents the faith and hope with which the authors write this remarkable book. Everyone should…
‘The Spark’ reveals ups and downs of Asperger syndrome
In his first year, Jake Barnett could recite the alphabet forward and backward and knew words in French, Spanish and Chinese, but at 16 months, he was diagnosed with Asperger…
‘Gone Girl’ provides extraordinary mystery
Gone Girl is an extraordinary novel. A happily married woman, Amy, customarily sets up an anniversary present for her husband, Nick, in a place and of a nature that represents…
AP correspondent provides look at life in Haiti
Jonathan Katz is an Associated Press correspondent who was stationed in Port Au Prince in Haiti for more than three years, and it shows in his writing, which is vivid,…