January 2017.
First of all in the behalf of the Books du Jour
team, Happy New Year to you. May your eyes get not too exhausted from
reading too many books. Always a risk. We are kicking off this new
year with an amazing selection of new books.
As
new know, even though truckloads of books see the light year after
year, with each new year the same question remains. On which note to
start the year, especially when it begins with the most controversial
presidential inauguration ever? On a spirit of celebration? On a serious
or mournful note? Is it possible to be chirpy when the anxious making
uncertainty of the months ahead already corrupt our present? Some claims
that knowing nothing is better. But as a critic, I only find solace in
the better understanding of circumstances. Below you will find a
selection of books that reflects the concerns of the day.
“Rise: How a Family Built a House” by Cara Brookins
(Saint Martin Press, pp 320, $25.99)
Here is a book that I expect will make a lot of buzz when it launches in mid January. “Rise” is a memoir of a long and incredible journey of its author, Cara Brookins, a single . . .
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