The novel “The Whole Way Home,” by Charlotte author Sarah Creech, is about a country singer-songwriter who has paid her dues and is about to make it big in Nashville.
Al Frank and David Sedaris each read the audio versions of their memories. The result is a mix of self-deprecation and dry wit that will have you laughing aloud.
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Sunday, June 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan (c) 2017 NPD Group.
On a blustery Friday afternoon in late April, a fire warms the spacious Queen Mary Room of the Atria on Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., a senior retirement community. A circle of easy chairs is drawn around a table laden with fruit and cookies.
“Driving Miss Norma” is the story of Norma Bauerschmidt, who at age 90 was diagnosed with uterine cancer – then climbed into a motor home with her family to travel the country.
The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976 by Frank Dikötter. This volume spans a period from Mao’s reassertion of political control to the Cultural Revolution’s shift from cities to the countryside. As New York Times reviewer Judith Shapiro put it, “The book paints such a damning portrait of Mao and Communist Party governance that if it were widely circulated in China, it could undermine the legitimacy of the current regime.”
