ALA unveils finalists for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals

[Jennie]

ALA unveils finalists for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=12905

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction:

"The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death," by Jill Lepore

"Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis," by Timothy Egan

"Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic," by David Quammen

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction:

"Canada," by Richard Ford

"The Round House," by Louise Erdrich

"This Is How You Lose Her," by Junot Díaz

[Dee]

I read "Canada", he's a good writer. The story is a sad one and seems to cover the same ground repeatedly throughout the first half of the book, but it is realistic and well written.