My life is richer for having met Crow Mary on the pages of Kathleen Grissom’s newest novel. The story of the Crow people’s fight to keep their cultureMy life is richer for having met Crow Mary on the pages of Kathleen Grissom’s newest novel. The story of the Crow people’s fight to keep their culture, customs—and ultimately even their children—is a devastating one, and experiencing it through the eyes of this brave woman, who married a white fur trader but refused to abandon either her people or her principles, is a profound privilege. Grissom’s careful research is evident throughout this incredible novel, and both her prose and plotting make the pages fly. This is an unforgettable story that will stay with me for a very long time....more
That the same man can give us YELLOW BIRDS, A SHOUT IN THE RUINS, and now A LINE IN THE SAND is proof that Kevin Powers has got some serious range. ThThat the same man can give us YELLOW BIRDS, A SHOUT IN THE RUINS, and now A LINE IN THE SAND is proof that Kevin Powers has got some serious range. This time, he’s written a thriller, with a crime so big and characters so flawed, you’ll be holding your breath the whole time. In A LINE IN THE SAND, Powers takes aim at the defense industry and specifically defense contractors who have become harder to distinguish from soldiers on the battlefield. The book is terrifying, but also feels so true that it’ll have you thinking about the implications of the ways we make war long after you’ve turned the last page.
And if you’ve read this far, and you’re still thinking, ‘Kevin Powers wrote a thriller?’ never fear. The book’s got all the stuff you’ve always loved about Powers’ writing: a deep and abiding understanding of what soldiers sacrifice, a thoughtful examination of the place he grew up, and prose so beautiful it’ll make you weep. ...more
I could not put this brilliant book down. Rabess’s writing is so sharp and funny, and her observations so attuned to our times, that the pages absolutI could not put this brilliant book down. Rabess’s writing is so sharp and funny, and her observations so attuned to our times, that the pages absolutely flew. Everything’s Fine is the love story our world needs right now, and Rabess deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for giving it to us....more
Matt Cricchio brings a soldier’s heart and a writer’s pen to the story of four men—two Afghans and two Americans—during the American war in AfghanistaMatt Cricchio brings a soldier’s heart and a writer’s pen to the story of four men—two Afghans and two Americans—during the American war in Afghanistan. Security Day is as beautiful as it is unputdownable, and the ways Cricchio subverts the American war novel will forever change how you think about American conflict overseas. Cricchio’s prose guarantees him a place beside soldier-writers such as Elliot Ackermann and Kevin Powers, and helps us see that we’ve been reading and writing war novels all wrong. The story here is not about how war affects the lives of American men but how American men affect the lives of people who never asked for their help....more
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