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Jonathan Franzen, author of The End of the End of the Earth: Essays

In THE END OF THE END OF THE EARTH, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes --- both human and literary --- that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis, these pieces contain all the wit and disabused realism that we’ve come to expect from Franzen.

Week of March 30, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of March 30th include THE BETTER SISTER, another twisty tale of domestic noir from Alafair Burke, which revolves around the murder of a prominent Manhattan lawyer, and the two estranged sisters --- one the dead man’s widow, the other his ex --- who must set aside mistrust and old resentments; MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE, a provocative novel about time, memory, desire and the imagination from Siri Hustvedt, who tells the story of a young Midwestern woman’s first year in New York City in the late 1970s and her obsession with her mysterious neighbor; EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE, a final volume of essays that showcase Oliver Sacks' broad range of interests --- from his passion for ferns, swimming and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia and Alzheimer's; and THE SUMMER GUESTS by Mary Alice Monroe, which is about the bonds and new beginnings that are born from disasters and how, even during the worst of circumstances --- or perhaps because of them --- we discover what is most important in life.