Hot Picks: DEAR DAUGHTER and BIG LITTLE LIES
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At #3 on Entertainment Weekly’s “Must List” in the new issue is Dear Daughter, by Elizabeth Little, (Penguin; Recorded Books). a book we suggested as one to recommend to readers who can’t get their hands on Big Little Lies.
About a former celebrity, accused of killing her mother, a crime she does not remember committing, Entertainment Weekly says ”The debut novel’s plot twists will easily hook you, but it’s the narrator’s dark wit and sharp obesrvations that make this a truly fun read.”
Meanwhile, People magazine’s “Book of the Week” is the title sure to follow the author’s previous title, The Husband’s Secret to a long run on best seller lists, Big Little Lies. It also gets an A from Entertainment Weekly in the review section
In the reviews, Entertainment Weekly also covers a debut:
Life Drawing, (Random House)
A GalleyChat discovery back in March, this novel is about a couple who follow their dreams and move to the country. The idyll is interrupted when a younger woman appears on the scene. In a review that gets an A-, Entertainment Weekly says, “Black — a prizewinning short-story writer — writes assuredly and gracefully, and her examination of a complicated relationship is as riveting as it is occasionally heartbreaking.”
The other two titles on People‘s “Best New Books’ list are:
The Fortune Hunter, Daisy Goodwin, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press; Macmillan Audio; Thorndike) — “Downton Abbey fans will gallop like Thoroughbreds through this entertaining historical novel.” This was one of Wendy Bartlett’s picks back in May.
Lucky Us, Amy Bloom, (Random House) — a “luminous 1940’s-era tale of families surviving hard knocks.” It also gets an A from Entertainment Weekly and is a LibraryReads pick.