Vote for April!

Hi, Bookies:


Making a back-to-back appearance in our book poll—very much by public demand—is last month's almost-winner, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It's joined this month by three other books chosen by our April discussion leader, Assistant Editor/Producer Erin Henry: two well-reviewed current works and an indisputable classic of literature. The poll is now open—cast your vote by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 21.



The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot


The fascinating true story of a poor Virginia migrant worker whose cancerous tissue yielded cells that became the catalysts for stunning medical breakthroughs.


The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer


Hungarian-Jewish architecture student Andras Levi falls in love while studying in Paris in 1937, then returns to Budapest and struggles to keep his family safe amid the Nazis' rise to power. A haunting debut novel.


Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell


A declining alligator-wresting theme park serves as the fantastical setting for Russell's first novel, in which a young girl struggles to keep her family together in the face of threats both real (her Floridian family's impending bankruptcy) and otherworldly (her sister's elopement with a ghost).


Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte


Bronte creates a heroine for the ages in Jane, an orphan raised by her loveless aunt who matures into the strong-willed governess of a manor with a terrible secret.








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