October 2001
In This Issue
FIRST PERSON
The October BookPage interviews:
A journey into the past with Tracy Chevalier
"People wanted this to be Girl [with a Pearl Earring] Part II, but I didn't want to be boxed into that."
Meet the children's author: Dan Yaccarino
True crime writer Ann Rule gives voice to victims
"I've heard from probably a dozen or more women who've said, 'I'd be dead if it wasn't for something I read in one of your books.' That makes me feel so good."
Kudzu cartoonist Doug Marlette
Fall favorite: Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections
"We're all constantly trying to correct ourselves, particularly my generation, which wants to correct a lot of mistakes we felt our parents made."
Brian Tracy says personal power is all yours
No butts about it: Jorge Cruise says 8 minutes is all we need
FEATURES
SPOTLIGHT: Sebastian Junger's Fire
Emeril: The kick-it-up king of cooking
Halloween: Scaring up creepy concepts
A year in the life of Nashville
Read an excerpt from Nashville: An American Self-portrait
FICTION
Creatures of Habit by Jill McCorkle
The Last Canyon by John Vernon
October Suite by Maxine Clair
Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
This Rock by Robert Morgan
The World Below by Sue Miller
Science Fiction
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The Water Hole by Graeme Base
Full Moon by Brian Wilcox and Lawrence David
Halloween Night by Arden Druce
Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack
Shades of Simon Gray by Joyce McDonald
TEEN READ WEEK -- October 14 - 20
Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin
Under a War-torn Sky by L.M. Elliott
Book of Great American Speeches for Young People Edited by Suzanne McIntire
Razzle by Ellen Wittlinger
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BOOK CLUB
Paperback recommendations
EBOOKS
Now featuring reviews of eBooks, exclusive to BookPage online:
Shipping Sharon by Daisy Dexter Dobbs
What Rough Beast by Harry R. Squires
NONFICTION
Nature
Cultivating Delight by Diane Ackerman
Memoir
The Camera My Mother Gave Me by Susanna Kaysen
Limbo by A. Manette Ansay
Hoop Roots by John Edgar Wideman
Sky of Stone by Homer Hickam
Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman
Culture
Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore by Ron Powers
Adventure
The Hill by Ed Hommer with Daniel Paisner
Politics
A Judge in the Senate by John Hayman with Clara Ruth Hayman
Biography
My Wars Are Laid Away in Books by Alfred Habegger
Immigration
Crossing Over by Ruben Martinez
AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Memoirs, mysteries and more
MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: New mysteries hit the road
BETWEEN THE WINES
The Devil's Larder: A sinfully delicious fabled feast
COOKING
Dessert -- how sweet it is
OVERBOOKED
From Margaret Langstaff: Plug in a good book
ROMANCE
Love, Exciting & New: Politically correct lovers
BUSINESS & FINANCE
Loyalty in the age of layoffs
Good business: A radical's guide to change
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all
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