A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
The Price of Victory
By N.A.M. Rodger
This conclusion to a trilogy is richly detailed, if light on drama.
Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom
By Marcelo D’Salete; translated by Andrea Rosenberg
In 1860s Brazil, a slave attempts to find her loved ones.
A Steady Eye for Sorrow
By Laura Sheahen
A new collection features recently uncovered works by Lucille Clifton, Maryland’s late poet laureate.
Ten Clear Days
By Eric Beck Rubin
An elderly matriarch and Holocaust survivor asserts her right to die.
Israel: What Went Wrong?
By Omer Bartov
A Holocaust scholar levels the charge of genocide.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Wally Lamb’s The River Is Waiting is both searing and sensitive.
Inheritance: A Novel
By Jane Park
A young Canadian woman yearns to understand her immigrant parents’ past.
The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh
By James Lasdun
A gripping, stranger-than-fiction tale of greed and slaughter.
The Trouble of Color
By Martha S. Jones
A deeply personal quest to understand mixed-race identity.
