An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln
By Lois Romano
The famously volatile figure is cast in a sympathetic light.
It All Felt Impossible
By Tom McAllister
A man takes annual stock of his life in this unique collection.
The Kennedy Question
By Ronald Goldfarb
The newly published Vendetta sheds little new light on an old controversy
The Murdstone Trilogy: A Novel
By Mal Peet
A novel with a good premise and a strong start that, unfortunately, declines as it grows in absurdity.
…And why it’s old news for writers.
A master of historical fiction discusses his craft.
Purity: A Novel
By Jonathan Franzen
This multi-layered, much-anticipated novel will make believers out of Franzen skeptics.
Fates and Furies
By Lauren Groff
An inventive tale of one marriage told from two very different perspectives.
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