LITERARY LOVE: Great Writers on Love and Romance
by Isobel Carlson
Skyhorse Publishing ($12.95)
"Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart." --Charles Dickens
ARE YOU MY BOYFRIEND?
by C. B. Bryza, illustrated by Simon Greiner
Gallery Books, ($14.99)
A picture book for grown-up children based on, of course, the great P.D. Eastman's Are You My Mother?
100 LOVE SONNETS
by Pablo Neruda
University of Texas Press, ($18.95)
Written for his beloved wife, Matilde, this collection contains both the original Spanish and English translations of Neruda's famous poems.
Written for his beloved wife, Matilde, this collection contains both the original Spanish and English translations of Neruda's famous poems.
THE LAST DAYS OF CALIFORNIA -- Signed Copies
by Mary Miller
Liveright, ($24.95)
Witty and moving, this novel follows a family of four as they drive across country to California to witness the Rapture.
ONE MORE THING -- Signed Copies
by B. J. Novak
Knopf, ($24.95)
A debut collection of short stories from the writer, actor, and director of The Office. Novak's stories are "sly and playful, but they pack a real emotional wallop."
--Tom Perotta
STARTING OVER: Stories -- Signed Copies
by Elizabeth Spencer
Liveright, ($24.95)
"What
[these] stories do wonderfully, for me, is explore the ties that bind
-- in families, friendships, communities, marriages -- how mysterious,
twisted, chafing, inescapable, and life-supporting such ties are."
--Alice Munro
--Alice Munro
FAMOUS WRITERS I HAVE KNOWN -- Signed Copies
by James Magnuson
Norton, ($25.95)
"...a droll, understated, ultimately sweet-tempered by also keenly
savvy send-up of the much-lamented (and misunderstood) creative writing
industry in America."
-- Richard Ford
-- Richard Ford
GLITTER AND GLUE
by Kelly Corrigan
Ballentine Books, ($26.00)
"I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my mother."
--Elizabeth Gilbert
--Elizabeth Gilbert
UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY
by Nancy Horan
Ballentine Books, ($26.00)
A passionate retelling of the love affair between Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island) and his American-born wife, Franny. By the author of Loving Frank.
THE CRANE WIFE
by Patrick Ness
Penguin, ($26.95)
Penguin, ($26.95)
The love story between middle-aged divorcé George and the mysterious Kumiko reminds us about the necessities of love and forgiveness, which, as one character points out, are sometimes the same thing.
I ALWAYS LOVED YOU
by Robin Oliveira
by Robin Oliveira
Viking, ($27.95)
A fictionalized portrait of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas.
THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE
-- Signed Copies
-- Signed Copies
by Ann Patchett
Harper, ($27.99)
A collection of essays that range in topic from marriage to divorce to real estate--full of wit, hope, and poignancy.
