"...fiction has the unique power of revealing something true." Amber—thirtysomething and barefoot—shows up at the door of the Norfolk cottage that the Smarts are renting for the summer. She talks her way in. She tells nothing but lies. She stays for dinner. Eve Smart, the author of a best-selling series of biographical reconstructions, thinks Amber … Continue reading Pages Feature: “The Accidental” by Ali Smith
“It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness.” This book tells the tale of a young woman who moves to Tokyo after the death of her mother, hoping to get over her grief and start a career as a graphic artist. She finds herself spending too much time staring out her window, though … … Continue reading Pages Feature: “The Lake” by Banana Yoshimoto
"In the depths of her amnesia there exists the reassuring sensation of having existed a thousand times through the desires of others." Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beautiful apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But underneath the surface, she … Continue reading Pages Feature: Adèle by Leïla Slimani
"Life isn't about just defying death. It's also about defying yourself, about insisting on transformation. As long as you can transform, you cannot die." If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of … Continue reading The Magic of “The Immortalists” by Chloe Benjamin
"The value of a secret depends upon whom you’re trying to keep it from." In the bestselling tradition of The Girl on the Train and In a Dark, Dark Wood, from the internationally bestselling author whom Stephen King called “an absolute master” of the psychological thriller, comes a riveting suspense novel about the unlikely friendship … Continue reading Motherhood and Madness: “The Secrets She Keeps” by Michael Robotham
