2022 / 2023 • The New York Times
NYT BOOK REVIEW
2022 / 2023 • The New York Times
NYT BOOK REVIEW
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DAUGHTER is a novel by Claudia Dey.
Review by Meg Howrey.
Daughter is a title, a curse, a privilege, a mystery, a gift. It can also be a choice. In the first act, King Lear banishes his daughter Cordelia, who in the fifth act goes to war for her father and loses her life. In Daughter, Mona fights her own war—against her power as a writer and as a woman.
THE BOYS is a novel by Katie Hafner.
Review by Weike Wang.
“This sharp debut novel explores travel escapism and pandemic isolation.”e di Weike Wang.
THE LIGHT ROOM is a novel by Kate Zambreno.
Review by Eleanor Henderson.
In her new memoir, Zambreno retraces the relentless merging of family life during the pandemic.