Sarah Blake’s dream-like and intriguing first novel introduces us to the wife of Noah.
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Review: Northern Ireland’s painful past is far from over
Patrick Radden Keefe delivers a searing portrait of Irish women and men struggling to make sense of their past and their memories.
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Review: When movies partied like it was 1999
1999 was the year of incredible movies, both in terms of quality and quantity.
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Review: Doris Kearns Goodwin on four presidential leaders
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s strength is in the way she captures the presidential scene with companionable prose that most professional historians are unable to capture.
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Review: When wrath is not a sin
Outrage is the order of the day, and we see evidence of this everywhere. But Rebecca Traister wants to point out the productive power of anger as well.
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Review: British painter Jenny Saville finds truth in flesh
If there is a single artist working today who truly gets flesh, it is Jenny Saville.
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Review: A novel analyzes the effects of suicide
Sigrid Nunez mines the effect of suicide on family, friends and even the pet dog in her National Book Award winner, The Friend.
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What’s new with the Catholic Book Club?
In late fall we discussed Kate Bowler’s poignant memoir about being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. We followed that with one of three recent volumes of the collected short stories of Andre Dubus.
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Review: When giants roamed the earth
Armed with enthusiasm, command of his material and a knack for analogy, Steve Brusatte has written a book that incarnates dinosaurs with color, sound and fury.
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Review: There is more than one way to convert to Catholicism
Many will find Sohrab Ahmari’s account of coming to faith compelling and moving, while others may find his emphasis on an authoritative church confusing or even off-putting.