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Makkai’s novel, a National Book Award finalist, details, in vivid and visceral ways, the AIDS crisis of the 1980’s and its aftermath. Makkai made me feel what it was to be a gay man in an era during which Ronald Reagan turned his back on them; she details all of the joy and heartache of being in love with someone who, at the same time, made you fear for your life being with that person. Of all the books and movies concerning AIDS, this one situated you so intimately inside the mind and heart of a gay man named Yale that you felt you there. Not merely a sympathetic onlooker, but one of them. Like all of us, Yale is at once generous and kind, thoughtful and insightful, but also petty and selfish, cowardly and angry. In Yale, Makkai has created a character that doesn’t want your sympathy but does…
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2018 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER ALA CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER
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"A page turner . . . An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it's like to live during times of crisis." -The New York Times Book Review
A dazzling novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris
In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
The characters in this book felt like people I know, except they were in an entirely different setting--in Japan! I loved the setting as well as the characters.
Set in modern-day Tokyo, The Butterfly Café tells the story of American Jessie Yamada. When her emotionally-abusive husband suddenly dies in a traffic accident, she is overcome with guilt because while making plans to leave him, she had often thought how much easier it would be for her if he were dead. Those feelings quickly shift to shock and anger after discovering her entire marriage had been built upon secrets and lies. Jessie unexpectedly inherits a dilapidated café full of cats, where with the help of old friends and quirky neighbors, she constructs a new life for herself and her…
