The One Book You Need to Read Before Summer Ends
This powerful novel about missing children, drug cartels and
the complexities of the American family makes for a heart-pounding read. Plus:
10 other favorites from our summer reviews.
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Pretend We Are Lovely
By Noley Reid
284 pages;
Tin House Books
Enid is a 10-year-old who’s “never met a French fry she didn’t need with every bit of her heart.” One lazy summer, she and her sister walk on eggshells as their high-strung mom polices calories and tries to forget the family trauma she’s wrought. In magnetic prose, Reid offers up a scrumptious novel about the things we use to save our fractured relationships. (Hint: It’s usually food.)
— Taylor Lannamann
Published 07/17/2017
