Skip to main content

Gail Lumet Buckley

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.

Attribution

Gail Lumet Buckley

Author Talk: Anita Shreve, author of The Stars Are Fire

Apr 20, 2017

Anita Shreve, the author of such bestsellers as THE WEIGHT OF WATER and THE PILOT’S WIFE (an Oprah's Book Club selection), has written her first novel since 2013’s STELLA BAIN. THE STARS ARE FIRE tells the remarkable story of a young mother who survives a catastrophic fire that burns down her town and must begin life anew without her husband, who has gone missing. In this interview, Shreve talks about the real-life Maine fires of 1947 that inspired the book, the effects of climate change and natural disasters on the individual, the constraints that the strict gender roles of the 1940s placed on women, and the significance of the novel’s title.

April 20, 2017

Last time, I left off promising to binge the show-of-the-season “13 Reasons Why.” I’m happy to report, mission completed. Between a handful of sleepless nights and more than one all-out, bawl-out sesh, I successfully accomplished my goal in only four days. That’s roughly 13 hours of television in 96 hours, i.e. 6.5 tapes. It was downright excellent, and I can’t get enough. It’s no wonder it’s breaking social media records.

April 20, 2017

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlightsa book that we know people will be talking about this spring. Read more about it, and enter our Spring Preview Contest by Friday, April 21st at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of HARD-HEARTED HIGHLANDER: The Highland Grooms, Book 3 by Julia London, which releases on April 25th. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

Craig Kimberley

If money makes the world go round, it's humor that keeps it from spinning out of control.

Attribution

Craig Kimberley

—Amitav Ghosh, author of THE GLASS PALACE and SEA OF POPPIES

—Maxine Hong Kingston, author of THE WOMAN WARRIOR and CHINA MEN

—The Wall Street Journal

—Houston Chronicle

—Booklist Starred Review