Book reviews added in the week of 3/29-4/4

Hi all,

Multiple links to full-length professional reviews of the following
books released in the US have been added to http://www.reviewsofbooks.com
in the last week:

"Emily, Alone" by Stewart O'Nan - In "Emily, Alone," Emily Maxwell is
an elderly widow living a mostly isolated life. Her children don't
visit enough and she's outlived many of her friends. She has a few
rituals, one of them being accompanying her sister-in-law Arlene to a
two-for-one breakfast buffet. When Arlene collapses at the buffet,
Emily is forced to do something she hasn't done in decades, drive a
car. This simple change to her life brings a freedom and independence
to her life that she hadn't realized she had missed. In many ways,
though, Emily's life stays rooted in the past while life moves on all
around her. Stewart O'Nan's novel has received positive reviews with
the Boston Globe saying, "This quiet novel unfolds in chapters that
feel like short stories, with a pause inviting reflection at the end
of each. The effect is one of richness and insight. At times, Emily
feels that death would be a welcome caller, and while preparing her
children for that eventuality, the novel ends with the sense that
she's reluctant to go. The reader is equally reluctant to see her
story end."
All reviews are at:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/emily_alone

"Say Her Name" by Francisco Goldman - "Say Her Name" is Francisco
Goldman's fictional memoir of his romance and short marriage to the
much younger Aura Estrada. Two years after they were married, Aura
died in a body surfing accident. This novel not only chronicles her
life and their short time together, but the depths of his grief and
his desire to keep her memory alive. Goldman revels in telling her
story, and questions his role in her accidental death. "Say Her Name"
has received positive reviews with the Boston Globe saying, "To call
Francisco Goldman's book about the death of his young Mexican wife an
elegy hardly represents it. Lament is closer, but insufficient. It is
a chain of eruptions, a meteor shower; not just telling but bombarding
us in a loss that glitters. With the power and fine temper of its
writing, it is as much poem as prose."
All reviews are at:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/say_her_name


Happy reading!

Bill - administrator of http://www.reviewsofbooks.com