Readers’ Review: “All The Light We Cannot See” By Anthony Doerr (Rebroadcast)
A young man trapped in darkness listens to a girl’s voice over the radio. This is the first scene author Anthony Doerr imagined, in what became his book “All the Light We Cannot See.” The novel flips...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “My Name Is Lucy Barton” By Elizabeth Strout
For this month’s Reader’s Review, we explore the novel “My Name Is Lucy Barton” by Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Olive Kitteridge.” Lucy Barton grows up poor and isolated in...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “Drown” by Junot Diaz
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz is considered one of the most important voices in contemporary fiction. His best-known work is his novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” Diaz first got...
View ArticleReaders’ Review: “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte
The namesake of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, “Jane Eyre,” is a heroine for the ages. She begins life as an orphan, attends a miserable school, becomes a governess, and eventually marries her true love....
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