“… this was a book about beauty, and I wanted it to be very honest.” In Mona Awad’s Rouge, gothic family-drama meets fairy tale (with a hint of horror) as a young woman navigates the world of youth and beauty in the aftermath of her mother’s death. Awad joins us to talk about how her obsession […]
“There’s no higher version of historical fiction to me than that, the feeling of being transported.” Zadie Smith’s The Fraud brings all the excitement of a Victorian novel with a cast of characters that will be familiar (Charles Dickens, anyone?) and a wild web of plots that combine the best of historical fiction with themes […]
“But at the end of the day, so many people have lost a loved one. This story is about mothers and daughters. It’s about parents and children. It’s about a different culture and relating to it. It’s about food. It’s about grief. It’s about loss. It’s about family.” Two-time GRAMMY nominee Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) […]
E. Lockhart’s first novel since 2014’s We Were Liars—a tricky emotional thriller with a troubled heart and a secret—hits shelves next week, boasting an irresistible title and an intriguingly elliptical cover. Genuine Fraud is a psychological thriller that pays homage to genre classics such as Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. It opens on Jule, a girl […]