AUGUST 18TH, 2010
Need a long weekend beach read? Herewith, our editors' favourite summer page turners.
Summer Sisters
by Judy Blume
If Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret was your pre-teen bible, pick up Blume's more mature novel, Summer Sisters.
It follows two best friends from grade school to their 30s and blends
adolescent whimsy and angst with some very grown up topics. (PS: Check
out Judy Blume on Twitter). $10 at Amazon.ca
Maria Tallarico, Managing editor
Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography
by Andrew Morton
Members
of Team Jennifer will enjoy sinking their teeth into. But we’d never
diss Angie—why mess with a gal with a knife collection? $16 at Amazon.ca
Marianne Wisenthal, Montreal editor
The Recessionista
by Alexandra Lebenthal
“Too Big to Fail Goes to the Beach,” is how New York Magazine's Jessica Pressler described Alexandra Lebenthal's hot summer debut novel, The Recessionistas. A fabulously juicy read. $19 at Amazon.ca
Athena Tsavliris, Toronto editor
Juliet, Naked
by Nick Hornby
From the author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, Nick Hornby’s Juliet, Naked
is the author’s latest look at what happens when love, parenting and
relationships get in the way of life. The story of a washed-up musician
also deals with one of Hornby’s favourite subjects: music. $21 at Amazon.ca
Malwina Gudowska, Calgary editor
One Day
by David Nicholls
Expressed
in snapshots of the same day spanning twenty years, this tale of two
opposites, Dex and Em, who connect just before graduation, go their
separate ways, yet stay in touch, sucked us in right from the start
(perhaps because it begins with the pair bantering and snogging). $13
at Amazon.ca
Joy Pecknold, Vancouver editor
