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“Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line” by Martha A. Sandweiss

August 22, 2021 at 10:59 p.m.

"Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line" By Martha A. Sandweiss Penguin Press, 384 pages, $27.95 How does a sandy-haired, blue-eyed New York...

“Abigail Adams” by Woody Holton

May 9, 2019 at 3:18 p.m.

"Abigail Adams" By Woody Holton Free Press, 483 pages, $30 Absence may make the heart grow fonder, and the marriage founder, but for President John Adams and Abigail Smith Adams,...

Editor’s choice

August 22, 2021 at 8:08 p.m.

"Wolf Hall" By Hilary Mantel Henry Holt, 532 pages, $27 From the first pages -- in which young Thomas Cromwell is brutalized by his father -- this novel is nearly...

“Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel

May 9, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

"Wolf Hall" By Hilary Mantel Henry Holt, 532 pages, $27 From the first pages ¿¿¿ in which young Thomas Cromwell is brutalized by his father, this novel is nearly impossible...

“Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel

August 22, 2021 at 10:59 p.m.

"Wolf Hall" By Hilary Mantel Henry Holt, 532 pages, $27 From the first pages ¿¿¿ in which young Thomas Cromwell is brutalized by his father, this novel is nearly impossible...

Editor’s choice

August 22, 2021 at 7:52 p.m.

"An Education" By Lynn Barber Atlas & Co., 192 pages, $13 The movie, about a suburban London girl whisked off into an affair with an older married man, is both...

“An Education” by Lynn Barber

May 9, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

"An Education" By Lynn Barber Atlas & Co., 192 pages, $13 The movie, about a suburban London girl whisked off into an affair with an older married man, is both...

“An Education” by Lynn Barber

August 22, 2021 at 10:59 p.m.

"An Education" By Lynn Barber Atlas & Co., 192 pages, $13 The movie, about a suburban London girl whisked off into an affair with an older married man, is both...

Editor’s choice

August 22, 2021 at 8:02 p.m.

"The Dew Breaker" By Edwidge Danticat Vintage, 256 pages, $14 When news of Haiti's earthquake broke, I recalled this astonishing 2004 novel by Edwidge Danticat, who was born in Francois...

“The Dew Breaker” by Edwidge Dandicat

May 9, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

"The Dew Breaker" By Edwidge Dandicat Vintage, 256 pages, $14 When news of Haiti's earthquake broke, I recalled this astonishing novel, by Edwidge Dandicat, who was born in Papa Doc's...

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