By ISABEL MENDOZA
Staff Writer
- “Where the Crawdads Sing”
This book follows two timelines that intertwine slowly. The first timeline starts off with the life and adventures of a young girl named Kya as she grows up isolated in the marsh in North Carolina from 1552 to 1969. The second timeline follows a murder investigation of Chase Andrews, a local celebrity of Barkley Cove.
- “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.
- “The Great Gatsby”
The story is of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his new love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted: “gin was the national drink and s*x the national obsession.”
- “A Little Life”
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they’re broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.
