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Monica Heisey says divorce in her 20s inspired debut novel 'Really Good, Actually'

Monica Heisey says divorce in her 20s inspired debut novel 'Really Good, Actually'

TORONTO — Writer Monica Heisey says her own divorce at the age of 28 inspired her novel "Really Good, Actually," because she didn't see her experience reflected in pop culture and wanted to change that.

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US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria Books) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.
Philip Roth tribute to be held in his native New Jersey

Philip Roth tribute to be held in his native New Jersey

NEW YORK (AP) — Authors Ottessa Moshfegh and Susan Choi and actors John Turturro and Mary-Louise Parker will be among dozens of featured guests at a Philip Roth tribute in the late novelist's New Jersey hometown.
‘Spare’ but not stingy: takeaways from Prince Harry’s memoir

‘Spare’ but not stingy: takeaways from Prince Harry’s memoir

From the book's opening citation of William Faulkner, to Prince Harry's passionate bond with his wife Meghan, you could almost call the Duke of Sussex's memoir “The Americanization of Prince Harry.
Review: Janet Malcolm’s quasi-memoir on pictures and memory

Review: Janet Malcolm’s quasi-memoir on pictures and memory

“Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory,” by Janet Malcolm (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) When Janet Malcolm died 18 months ago at 86, her New Yorker colleague Ian Frazier wrote a eulogy for the magazine noting that the famed and feared journalist ha
Sarah Cooper memoir 'Foolish' scheduled for October release

Sarah Cooper memoir 'Foolish' scheduled for October release

NEW YORK (AP) — The title alone of Sarah Cooper's upcoming memoir is a hint that she doesn't plan to flatter herself.
Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the book “Lovely One.

Timothy Snyder, Parul Sehgal win Silvers-Dudley Prizes

NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Timothy Snyder and literary critic Parul Sehgal are among the winners of the second annual Silvers-Dudley Prizes, named in part for the late editor of The New York Review of Books, Robert Silvers. The Robert B.

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US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria Books) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.
Review: India's Partition in deeply human debut novel

Review: India's Partition in deeply human debut novel

“The Book of Everlasting Things” by Aanchal Malhotra (Flatiron) Star-crossed lovers. Intoxicating scents. Old war journals containing ghosts and secrets.