This week I read a fascinating e-book. It's the first book I've featured as a Book of the Week that's only available as an e-book. Thank goodness I have a Kindle.Wendy Nelson Tokunaga wrote Marriage in Translation (2011) as a follow up to her novel, Love in Translation … [Read more...]

Some years back, my parents vacationed in Buenos Aires and came back raving about the beauty and vibrancy of the city. So when I stumbled upon Maxine Swann's new novel, The Foreigners (Riverhead, 2011), I was game.The title refers to the First Worlders who arrived in Buenos … [Read more...]

Today is Bastille Day, so how a propos that I'm reviewing Ellen Sussman's new novel, French Lessons (Ballantine, 2011), which I read last week.French Lessons is a delightful novel centered around three Americans who find themselves in Paris. The book takes place over the … [Read more...]

Last week I picked up The Oriental Wife (Other Press, 2011), a new novel by Evelyn Toynton and looked forward to a light summer read.I'd read the description on the back cover and thought nothing could be worse than growing up Jewish in 1930s Germany. Sure, after the main … [Read more...]