Florence Gordon
8 best books like Florence Gordon (Brian Morton): Astonish Me, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest, Emily, Alone, Infinite Home, The Godmother, Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
| Author | Maggie Shipstead |
| ISBN | 0345804619 |
From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel "Seating Arrangements," winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the passionate, political world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations.
"Astonish Me" is the irresistible...
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
| Author | Jodi Kantor |
| ISBN | 0525560343 |
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement
For many years, reporters...
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
| Author | Hannah Nordhaus |
| ISBN | 0062249215 |
The award-winning journalist and author of The Beekeeper's Lament attempts to discover the truth about her great-great-grandmother, Julia--whose ghost is said to haunt an elegant hotel in Santa Fe--in this spellbinding exploration of myth, family history, and the American West.
The...
| Author | Stewart O'Nan |
| ISBN | 0670022357 |
Once again making the ordinary and overlooked not merely visible but vital to understanding our own lives, Stewart O'Nan confirms his position as an American master with Emily, Alone.
A sequel to the bestselling, much-beloved Wish You Were Here, O'Nan's intimate novel follows Emily Maxwell,...
| Author | Kathleen Alcott |
| ISBN | 1594633630 |
A beautifully wrought story of an ad hoc family and the crisis they must overcome together.
Edith is a widowed landlady who rents apartments in her Brooklyn brownstone to an unlikely collection of humans, all deeply in need of shelter. Crippled in various ways—in spirit, in mind, in body,...
| Author | Carrie Adams |
| ISBN | 0061232602 |
There's nothing tying her down . . . but maybe that's the problem.
Back from a five-week escape from her obsessive former boss (read: job over, phone number changed, doorman notified), Tessa King returns to London rested and ready to reclaim her life. She has endless possibilities, and a full...
Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art
| Author | Nancy Princenthal |
| ISBN | 0500093903 |
Over the course of a career that spanned fifty years, Agnes Martin s austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define Minimalism, even as she battled psychological crises and carved out a solitary existence in the American Southwest. Martin identified with the Abstract Expressionists but her...
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
| Author | James Lecesne |
| ISBN | 0822235943 |
I listened to this one this morning while I walked the dog, and it's safe to say I'm sitting here beyond conflicted. I think it's because "The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey" is about me, but it's not at all—on any level—for me.
Let me explain. James Lecense wrote, narrated, and acted...
