Bethanne Patrick

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A Horrific True Story of Rape in a Religious Colony Becomes Thought-Provoking Fiction

'Women Talking' shows the importance of just that

By Bethanne Patrick

How Reading Helped This Woman Process Her Grief

The loss of a parent challenges most children, no matter their age. But when the parent is both beloved and deeply flawed, as Katharine Smyth’s father was, that grief can be difficult to parse.In All...

By Bethanne Patrick

A Multifaceted Look at the Man Behind the Atomic Bomb

Louisa Hall understands that the words we don’t write can be just as important as the ones we do. In her past novels, which include Speak and The Carriage House, the poet and author earned...

By Bethanne Patrick

Kate Atkinson’s WWII Spy Drama Is Fall’s Must Read Novel

Kate Atkinson pays close attention to history–and how it repeats itself. In the best-selling writer’s 10th novel, Transcription, an unlikely spy, Juliet Armstrong, receives an assignment that will alter her life forever. With a complicated...

By Bethanne Patrick

Wayétu Moore’s Debut Novel She Would Be King Finds Power in Africa

Reading Wayétu Moore’s debut novel, She Would Be King (Graywolf Press), feels a lot like watching a superb athlete’s performance. It’s set during the early years of Liberia, when the country was the focus of...

By Bethanne Patrick

Why The Third Hotel Is Summer’s Creepiest Lost-Love Story

Zombies, an Island locale and an elusive spouse–Laura van den Berg’s new novel The Third Hotel contains all of the ingredients for a classic work of horror. But van den Berg is up to so...

By Bethanne Patrick

Two Novelists Revisit Beloved Characters After a 15-Year Hiatus

Just as much fashion—but more friendship

By Bethanne Patrick
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