Author Julie Gilbert Discusses the Writing of Her New Book ‘Giant Love’
Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
It’s abacus and laurels time here at Book Marks HQ. We, the industrious and sun-starved Book Marks miners, have spent 12 months chiseling reviews from more than 150 publications—from the Washington Post to the Irish Times , the San Francisco Chronicle to the London Review of Books —all so that we can now tell you, our dear readers, with absolute mathematical certitude, that these are the best reviewed nonfiction titles of 2024. Happy reading! Brought to you by Book Marks , Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley (MCD) 15 Rave • 1 Positive Listen to an interview with Sloane Crosley here “If Crosley’s descriptions of love for Russell are often dazzling and unexpected, her meditations on grief are occasionally clichéd. But bromides are par for the course when it comes to bereavement, and this, too, is part of the indignity of loss … Grief may follow a familiar path in every instance, but Russell himself was fiercely original, and Crosley paints a vivid and moving portrait of a singularity … Not a philosophical meditation on grief but an honest account of its cruelties and contradictions. It contains no lessons, no morals and no solutions. It is not didactic. It is as messy, rollicking and chaotic as life isnot a philosophical meditation on grief but an honest account of its cruelties and contradictions. It contains no lessons, no morals and no solutions. It is not didactic. It is as messy, rollicking and chaotic as life is … Crosley holds Russell in her heart with humor and humanity, and although she emphasizes that writing is not a consolation or an act of therapy, it is nonetheless a testament.” –Becca Rothfeld ( The Washington Post ) 2. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss (Viking) 12 Rave • 1 Positive “A spirited defense … Friss’s book is organized like the best of such literary emporiums: a little higgledy-piggledy, with surprise diversions here and there … Considers how little overhead is required to nourish the fundamental human hunger for knowledge.” […]
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Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
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