—Matthew Pearl, author of THE DANTE CLUB and THE POE SHADOW
—Kirkus Reviews
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Barbara Kingsolver's novel THE LACUNA is the life story of a fictional author, Harrison Shepherd, who came of age in Mexico with with real life historic figures Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Lev and Natalia Trotsky and then moved to America to write during the time of J. Edgar Hoover and the American witch hunt for communists.
As American women, we often take our freedom for granted. Our right to read and write and speak freely are just there and not something we take time to be thankful for. But this is not the case in many places in the world. In today's post, regular contributor Denise Neary shares a story of Afghan women who are risking everything to tell their stories and the organization that is helping them do it.
Earlier this week I went to hang out with a Sci-Fi book club that I am sorta-kinda a member of. (The group was started by my indy bookstore several years ago, so even though I rarely show up they still include me!)
—Booklist
