Her debut “You” (2014) saw Joe in New York, with each successive book in the series moving to a different locale. The Cape Cod-raised Brown alum Kepnes - who also had a New England-set stand-alone with “Providence” - has created a distinctive voice with snarky stalker/killer Joe Goldberg. I first heard of “You” from the Netflix series - the books are so much better. “ For You and Only You ,” by Caroline Kepnes. (Catch Reyes at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield May 13.) You have to be OK with stretching your imagination a bit toward the end - but Reyes preps you for that, dropping hints about magical realism. It reminds Maya of a high school trauma, and sends her packing to mom’s Pittsfield home to figure out a hazy mystery from her past. Protagonist Maya is a BU alum living in Boston with her boyfriend - and trying to detox from Klonopin - when she clicks on a disturbing video: a woman dropping dead in a restaurant. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lit Hub, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Public Library, and Chicago Public Library.“ The House in the Pines ,” by UMass-Amherst alum Ana Reyes, shines a spotlight on Pittsfield and the Berkshires. Named a Best Book of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, The Seattle Times, Bustle, Newsday, AM New York, BookPage, St. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter.

Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it’s like to live during times of crisis.” ( The New York Times Book Review)Ī dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed author Rebecca Makkai.

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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai