First Rate New Novelists Find Honest Family Ground
Three debut authors win praise for exploring parent child ties in fiction. Lisa Alther's Kinflicks follows Ginny Babcock through multiple life stages from high school to family life and beyond. Rosellen Brown's Autobiography of My Mother probes mother daughter tensions in urban New York. Ordinary People by Judith Guest chronicles a Chicago suburb family dealing with a drowning and a son's collapse. The piece notes the authors' sharp character portraits and candid treatment of family strains.
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Ginny Babcock
Ginny
Joe Bob Sparks
Rosellen Brown
Renata
Manhattan
Doubleday
Judith Guest
Viking
Knopf
Dick Cavett
Gerda
Minnesota
Jarretts
Chicago
Conrad Jarrett
Sone
Son
What Americans Are Reading Report
ALA survey of most requested books from 150 city libraries compiled for Newspaper Enterprise Association. Highlights popular titles and reader trends across the nation.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Investigative reporters probe Bolles murder in Phoenix
A team of 18 reporters led by Bob Greene arrives in Phoenix to cover the Don Bolles murder case and investigate crime rings and Mafia influence in Arizona. A pretrial ruling allows John Harvey Adamson's trial to proceed in Phoenix, while police detail a money trail linked to the bombing.
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Adamson
Dunlap
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