Tag: literary nonfiction
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Val McDermid Winter Book: Embracing the Season’s Beauty
Introduction: NPR’s Book of the Day spotlights a winter’s case for beauty In the current NPR Book of the Day feature, Scottish author Val McDermid invites readers to rethink winter. Rather than simply surviving the cold, McDermid makes a case for the season’s quiet power, its textures, and the stories it compels us to tell.…
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Book of Lives review: Margaret Atwood’s witty, winding memoir
Margaret Atwood’s Book of Lives: a memoir with a clever twist Margaret Atwood has built a formidable literary career by mapping the terrain where history, imagination, and social commentary intersect. In Book of Lives, the celebrated author turns her lens inward, offering a memoir that feels less like a traditional self-portrait and more like a…