A peek at what’s on tap this week.
Kuleana
By Sara Kehaulani Goo
The fight for an ancestral home unfolds amidst a history of dispossession.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Act of Oblivion: A Novel
By Robert Harris
Fugitive regicides flee capture in the colonies. Buckle up loose.
The Mind and the Moon: My Brother’s Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
By Daniel Bergner
It’s time to rethink our approach to mental illness.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Voices in the Dead House: A Novel
By Norman Lock
A richly imagined Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman navigate the Civil War.
The travel writer talks beaches, environmental stewardship, and the perfect piña colada.
The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women
By Barbie Latza Nadeau
The lady gangsters of Italy don’t mess around.
Real Estate
By Deborah Levy
A master of the philosophical memoir ponders the concept of “home.”
In All Good Faith
By Liza Nash Taylor
Two very different women discover their own strength in the Depression-era South.
