A peek at what’s on tap in the Independent this week.
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Other People’s Pets
By R.L. Maizes
What happens when a woman who can intuit animals’ emotions is forced to use her power for ill?
The Indomitable Florence Finch
By Robert J. Mrazek
A long-serving lawmaker brings us the amazing real-life story of a WWII-era Filipina heroine.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
By Louis L. Picone
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An engrossing look at the fight to memorialize the former president’s final resting place.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
Once There Were Wolves
By Charlotte McConaghy
This gripping whodunit is also a wise meditation on what it means to be human.
Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman
By Melanie Kirkpatrick
Though trailblazing, this ambitious widow was no protofeminist.
We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony last month.
MahoganyBooks Begins a New Chapter
By Nyah Hardmon
The DC-based indie opens a second store at National Harbor.
Widespread Panic: A Novel
By James Ellroy
Dames, drunks, and dirty cops run roughshod over 1950s L.A. in this hardboiled, hard-to-put-down tale.
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