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Asymmetry
Lisa Halliday
★★★★· Published 2018· 303 pages· read 2018
A young woman and a famous older writer, then a seemingly unrelated second half that reframes everything. A clever, quietly ambitious novel about who gets to tell whose story.
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The Good Mother
Sue Miller
A divorced mother's custody fight turns on her own desire. Sue Miller is so good on the fault lines of family.
★ 5The History of Love
Nicole Krauss
A lonely old man, a lost book, and a girl named after its heroine. Aching and beautifully made.
Famous Men
Julie Buntin
A young woman convinced a Pulitzer-winning poet might be her father follows his trail to an NYC MFA program. Buntin's debut Marlena got a ton of love, and this one digs into power — in academia, between men and women, parents and kids.