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Newsletter #12

October 6, 2014

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3 books featured in this issue

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Lila

by Marilynne Robinson

MADE-UP

Robinson's second novel, Gilead, took the form of a letter written by an elderly preacher to his young son, the fruit of a late and utterly unexpected marriage to a much younger woman named Lila, and... (Tom)

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The Queen's Gambit

by Walter Tevis

MADE-UP

Was it a blessing or a curse that Walter Tevis's first two novels, The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth, were turned into memorable movies? He didn't publish again for nearly two decades, but lat... (Tom)

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While You Were Napping

by Jenny Offill and Barry Blitt

MADE-UP

I recommend this delightful book with a warning: it may threaten the most blissful hours any new parent has—nap time. What (Tom)

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