Let’s start with love.
Matthew Quick creates characters to whom we might not expect to relate. Often marked as “crazy”…
Hello. I’m Opie Brennan, manager of Parnassus Books. (Technically, I’m the dog of the manager…
For February, our staff was given a theme — love — and invited to interpret…
You might call Ann Quindlen a trendsetter. Before countless bloggers started chronicling their lives online,…
(Photo by Heidi Ross – EveryOneNightStand.Tumblr.Com ) Read any of the countless (and oh, I do mean…
Last week, crowds gathered at Ensworth School to help Parnassus Books welcome Jeff Kinney, bestselling…
Since last I wrote I have seen America, one bookstore at a time. Book tour…
Bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd’s new novel, The Invention of Wings, begins in Charleston, South Carolina, with a gift. For Sarah Grimké’s 11th birthday in 1803, she receives a slave, and her story first intersects with that of Hetty (known as “Handful” to her mother, a slave in the same household). The novel follows Sarah and Hetty well into adulthood, as their personal choices play out against the backdrop of one of the most tense periods in American history.
New year, new additions to the must-read stack. Here are the books that have captured…
