February 8, 2018
 February 8, 2018 This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book releasing in the next few weeks that we would like to get on your radar now. Read more about it, and enter our Winter Reading Contest by Friday, February 9th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of ALTERNATE SIDE by Anna Quindlen, which will be available on March 20th. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!  Today's Featured Book and Contest:  The tensions in a tight-knit neighborhood --- and a seemingly happy marriage --- are exposed by an unexpected act of violence. ALTERNATE SIDE is a provocative novel about money, class and self-discovery, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of MILLER'S VALLEY and STILL LIFE WITH BREAD CRUMBS. Some days, Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life --- except when there’s a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once Nora’s dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. The owners watch one another’s children grow up. They use the same handyman. They trade gossip and gripes, and they maneuver for the ultimate status symbol: a spot in the block’s small parking lot. Then one morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the enviable dead-end block turns into a potent symbol of a divided city. The fault lines begin to open: on the block, at Nora’s job, especially in her marriage. With an acute eye that captures the snap crackle of modern life, Anna Quindlen explores what it means to be a mother, a wife and a woman at a moment of reckoning. - Click here to read an excerpt. Click here to enter the contest by 11:59am ET This is a special newsletter for our Winter Reading Contests, which will mail on select days through February 22nd. This newsletter is separate from our weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter, which mails every Friday. You can subscribe to that newsletter here. Please visit the other websites in TheBookReportNetwork.com: 20SomethingReads.com, ReadingGroupGuides.com, GraphicNovelReporter.com, Teenreads.com, Kidsreads.com and AuthorsOnTheWeb.com. |
