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August 2013 B o o k Pa g e . c o m
features
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13 Yangsze Choo A proposal from beyond the grave
first fiction
A recap of the very best debut novels of 2013—so far!
16 David Gilbert The tumult of fathers and sons
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17 Sophie Hannah Meet the author of Kind of Cruel
18 education How to fix our schools
19 Parenting Guides for the mamas and the papas
20 spotlight: short stories Four new collections of short fiction
22 Peter Gethers A vet finds love in Ask Bob
28 Matthew Quick A teen looks for a silver lining
31 Back to school Picture books for first-day jitters
31 Paul Schmid Meet the author-illustrator of Oliver and His Alligator
reviews
21 Fiction
25 NonFiction
top pick:
top pick:
also reviewed:
also reviewed:
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty Babayaga by Toby Barlow Ask Bob by Peter Gethers The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker Brewster by Mark Slouka The Violet Hour by Katherine Hill Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon The Rathbones by Janice Clark The Fields by Kevin Maher
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columns
A mother’s unspeakable crime… A killer’s secret untold…
The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti
Ecstatic Nation by Brenda Wineapple Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson The End of the Suburbs by Leigh Gallagher Manson by Jeff Guinn The Wet and the Dry by Lawrence Osborne Turn Around Bright Eyes by Rob Sheffield
29 CHILDREN’S top pick:
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
also reviewed:
Lifestyles The Author Enabler Well Read Whodunit Romance Cooking Book Clubs Audio
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Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein Prisoner 88 by Leah Pileggi The Truth of Me by Patricia MacLachlan Brother, Brother by Clay Carmichael Starglass by Phoebe North OCD Love Story by Corey Ann Haydu
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