THE FAMILY FANG by Kevin Wilson

Performance artists Camille and Caleb Fang have always used their children as actors in the scenes of chaos they create in order to record public reaction.  The children, now grown, return home and their parents disappear.  Life or art?

302.24 Epstein, Joseph: GOSSIP

Witty and thought-provoking, this book examines the history and purposes of gossip.  Epstein balances scholarship and humor as he has with his other titles, including SNOBBERY, AMBITION and ENVY.

GOD BLESS AMERICA: Stories by Steve Almond

 

 

These thirteen stories describe, as one reviewer said, “the hapless, the hopeless, and the helpless.”  Boston-area author Almond varies his tone from hilarious to dark in these ironic tales of alienated characters.

NORTHWEST CORNER by John Burnham Schwartz

Some years ago, Schwartz wrote RESERVATION ROAD, about a hit-and-run accident and its impact on the two families involved.  NORTHWEST CORNER begins twelve years later:  the at-fault driver is out of prison and is suddenly contacted by the son he hasn’t seen in all that time.  Is history repeating itself? 

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BENT ROAD by Lori Roy

When Arthur Scott moves his family from 1960’s Detroit to small-town Kansas, he is returning to the scene of an old mystery.  Long-buried secrets and new problems come to light;  the harshness of farm life adds to the suspense.