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Do Vermont authors have a story to tell or what?
This little state is known for a large number of writers with seemingly endless supplies of stories to tell. Vermont also has a lot of interesting stories to be told about it, as the number of books giving the state a mention is pretty impressive as well.
With the summer-reading season within reach, let’s go over some of the books by Vermont authors or about Vermont that have come out in recent weeks or will be out before summer is over. As we all know, summer ends quickly around here, so grab a book, sit under a shady tree and dive in.
New books at the Havre-Hill County Library
by Havre-Hill County Library Staff
Following are some of the newest titles at Havre-Hill County Library.
New fiction “Whereabouts” by Jhumpa Lahiri. This Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s first new novel in nearly a decade follows a year in the life of an unnamed narrator in an unnamed city. Torn between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties, she realizes she’s lost her way. Until one day at the sea, both overwhelmed and replenished by the sun’s vital heat, her perspective will abruptly change.
By Julia Cooke
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Even before a global pandemic crippled the airline industry last year, whatever sheen of romance international air travel once held had long worn off. Blame the shrinking seats, the expanding fees (for services from baggage to food to in-flight entertainment), the never-ending security lines. As swift and accessible and frankly, miraculous as flying had become in the 21st century, it was entirely uncontroversial to find it miserable, too.
But after a year of severe restrictions on travel, it s easy to miss those small miseries. So a new book looking back at the height of the jet age offers more than one delicious flavor of escapism. Focusing largely on the mid-1960s, Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am remembers a time when air travel was synonymous with luxury and glamour not just for passengers but also for the women hired to wait on them.
In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review:
Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhil Plokhy
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am See more +
In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review:
Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhil Plokhy
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke See less -