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And now to the books!
These factoids are representative of Zink as a person and a writer: She is almost heroically intriguing.
The baby is fine.
The parents, who live in New York, do their best on a minimal combined income.
and yet here it is.The book is 416 pages long and there are zero throwaway sentences.
It also contains possibly the best definition of good sex ever committed to paper.
I wont spoil it.
It is about 60 percent of the way in.
Read it for the suspense of figuring out how the magician performs her tricks.
Their mother has mysteriously disappeared.
At a young age, Maeve and Danny experience a reversal of fortune involving estate law.
This is an author who specializes in extremely legible yarns.
Dive into a book about ateen boy in rural Indianawho lives in a world ofPRECARITYand opioids and Twitter?
EnjoyRich in Loveif your funny bone needs a goodRUBBINGand your heartstrings need a deftTUGGING?
Slide into abookthats likeMad Menbut if Don Draper were a middle-classMOM IN KANSAS CITYwith a relatable personality?
Impale yourself on thedefinitive accountof what happened after America turned its (our) lethal attention away fromIRAQ?
