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A can't-put-it-down literate thriller for summer, Gillian Flynn's latest entry in her collection of disquieting tales tells the story of a picture-perfect marriage gone horribly wrong. Dark handsome midwestern transplant Nick and perfect blonde New Yorker Amy meet at a swank writers' soiree in Manhattan, exchanging the kind of repartee familiar to fans of Nick and Norah Charles. She thinks he's smitten, but in a heavy dose of foreshadowing, he doesn't call her for months; they reconnect after she accidentally runs into him at a local market. Their chemistry kicks in, they get married, and live fairly happily in a lovely flat owned by Amy's parents. When the recession hits their industry (they both write for print publications), they lose their jobs, and when Amy's parents inform her that they need to 'borrow back' her trust fund to avoid bankruptcy, things quickly head south. Or west. They pack up and retreat to Nick's hometown of Carthage, Mi...

A gorgeous graphic novel-cum-scrapbook from a former Harvard archivist with more than 600 pieces of original 1920s material assembled to tell the story of Frankie Pratt, an aspiring writer from small town New England who attends Vassar, then moves to New York, then to Paris, and then back again. Smart yet naive Frankie learns some rough lessons along the way when her heart is broken by men who keep secrets and her work is rejected by well-meaning editors. Although the story is set in the 20s, much of what holds Frankie back applies just as easily to today, including the expectations and unspoken rules placed on women by society and themselves. Give this one to your daughters. Click here for a full review. Grade 8+