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topic is intriguing. A few chapters in, I’m
still engaged.
Most recommended: Dog Years: A Mem
oir (Mark Doty, Harper, $23.95). Many dog
memoirs are written but few rise above a
c y t is a truth universally
simple “my dog (cat, bird, pig) was the best
acknowledged that
Jane Austen is still alive
pet ever.” Never resorting to sentimentality,
today . . . as a vampire.
Doty’s story is candid and poetic. While his
partner is dying o f AIDS, Doty is left to care
for the couple’s dog. He adopts a second dog
as a companion to the first because “there
comes a time when you’re already so crazy, an
addition cannot be noticed.” Melancholy but
never saccharine, this study in loss takes us*
through the deaths of his partner and both
dogs. Have your tissues ready, but know there
is light at the end o f the tunnel. Beautiful.
In the queue: How Georgia Became O'Keeffe:
Lessons on the Art of Living (Karen Karbo,
skirt!, $21.95). Smart, witty and insightful. I
look forward to reading Karbo’s reflections
The book was published in late 2009, dur on this iconic painter and what her life and
ing the height o f the vampire and Jane Aus work mean to us now.
ten craze. In the story, Jane is living under a
Wild (Cheryl Strayed, coming March 2012,
different name and identity as she herself Knopf, $25.95). I cannot wait to tag along on
struggles to grasp her sudden resurgence in this 1,100-mile journey “from lost to found”
fame after her supposed death. At the same on the Pacific Crest Trail. Honest and soulful,
time, she’s trying to reinvent herself as a Strayed’s trek is sure to enthrall.
21st-century author. The irony, in spite of
her popularity: She can’t get her latest book For more reading recommendations and holi
published, not if her life depended on it. day gift ideas , pick up the December 9 issue.
Good thing she’s already dead.
I’ve always enjoyed Ford’s wit and style.
With Jan e Bites Back, he’s managed to cre
ate a satire within a satire— not an easy
task.
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