In her 24th novel, “French Braid,” Tyler works on a bigger canvas than usual to explore the costs and rewards of family life amid secrets, distance and stifled ambition.
Tag: Books and Literature
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Looking Back on 50 Years of Making Beautiful Books
“Godine at Fifty,” showcasing some 300 of David Godine’s favorite books from his career, is an autobiography of sorts and an elegy for a kind of publishing.
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Why a ‘Peanuts’ Collection Has Stuck With Jeremy Denk, Concert Pianist
“‘Peanuts Vol. 3’ (I think) … made it cool to be excited about Beethoven’s birthday.”
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Maureen Howard, 91, Novelist Who Traced Women’s Challenges, Dies
In well-reviewed works like “Natural History” and “A Lover’s Almanac,” she was intent, a fellow writer said, on “making the novel do and hold more.”