Hello, Bookies:
We have just a few more days until our March book poll comes down, so if you haven't cast your vote yet, now's the time. Vote for your pick of the books below before 11:59 p.m. EST this Sunday, February 20.
Room: A Novel, by Emma Donoghue
Told from the perspective of a 5-year-old boy, the emotionally provocative Room explores the bonds between mother and child—in this case, a mother and child kept imprisoned in the 11-by-11-foot space that gives the novel its name.
I Don't Know How She Does It, by Allison Pearson
Pearson's debut, published in 2003, is a bitingly witty but thoroughly human portrayal of one woman's attempts to balance work and life.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
Award-winning writer Skloot's true tale of medicine and science, as intriguing as a top-notch detective story, traces the life and death of a poor Virginia migrant worker whose cancerous tissue yielded cells that became the catalysts for stunning medical breakthroughs.
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Characters and themes unite an exquisitely written quintet of novellas by the author of Never Let Me Go and Remains of the Day.
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Published on February 16, 2011 15:03