Jenny Lyons
-
Book review: Afterlife — by Julia Alvarez
(Algonquin Books) At long last, the wait is over because readers who loved “In the Time of the Butterflies” and “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” finally…
-
Book review: Untamed — by Glennon Doyle
(Dial Press) Glennon Doyle’s new memoir may break you open. From the opening chapter’s description of her child’s reaction to a caged cheetah to the astounding moment when…
-
Book review: Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country — by Pam Houston
W. W. Norton & Company I was lucky enough to hear Pam Houston read when she was on a book tour for “Contents May Have Shifted,” a novel…
-
Book review: The Red Lotus — by Chris Bohjalian
(Doubleday Books) It’s not uncommon to see the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of “Midwives” and “The Flight Attendant” cycling along Addison County roadways. A resident of…
-
Book review: The Story of More — by Hope Jahren
(Vintage) Hope Jahren, an award-winning geobiologist and writer, was tasked with teaching a class on climate change. Feeling like she had no business telling anybody anything about this…
-
Book review: The Falcon Thief — by Joshua Hammer
(Simon & Schuster) Prepare to enter the surreal landscape of the wildlife-crime underworld where you’ll meet notorious wild-bird trafficker and convicted egg thief Jeffrey Lendrum. You, like the…
-
Book review: The Bear — by Andrew Krivak
(Bellevue Literary Press) In Andrew Kirivak’s slim new novel, a father meticulously and lovingly teaches his only offspring, his wise young daughter, how to live on the land,…
-
Book review: Weather – by Jenny Offill
(Knopf Publishing Group) “Weather,” at its base, is a book about a university librarian, a mother, a wife and the sister of a brother struggling with addiction, but…
-
Book review: When We Were Vikings — by Andrew David MacDonald
(Scout Press) You’ll instantly fall in love with the narrator of this book, Zelda, and get completely caught up in her enthusiasm for everything Viking. She is also…
-
Book review: Long Bright River — by Liz Moore
(Riverhead Books) Two sisters were born to a mother who died young, a victim of the opioid addiction crisis, and their paths diverged. One excelled in school, then…
-
Book review: Boys & Sex — by Peggy Orenstein
(Harper) Peggy Orenstein, bestselling author of “Girls & Sex,” returns with a companion book, subtitled “Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity.” She…
-
Book review: The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir — by E. J. Koh
(Tin House Books) A memoir penned by a poet is pure delight to read, and this particular poet has penned an astonishing memoir. First the structure is unique:…
-
Book review: American Dirt — by Jeanine Cummins
(Flatiron Books) Hailed in the book world as the most anticipated book of 2020, “American Dirt” has already won accolades from multiple esteemed writers and critics: Stephen King,…
-
Book review: Why We Can’t Sleep — by Ada Calhoun
(Grove Press) In a thoroughly readable, engaging and informative book, author Ada Calhoun delineates many of the extenuating factors — not excuses — for why middle-aged women are…
-
Book review: Such a Fun Age — Kiley Reid
G. P. Putnam’s Sons It’s refreshing to start the new year with a new perspective. And it’s refreshing to start reading a fun, contemporary new novel and find…
-
Book review: The West Will Swallow You — by Leath Tonino
(Trinity University Press) When Vermont writer Leath Tonino headed out west for college, a friend predicted, “the west will swallow you.” Luckily for us, Tonino hasn’t forgotten his…