Need some help with selecting new books this year? The Monitor asked four bookstores what books they think will excite readers in 2018. These 13 recommendations are from four independent bookstores across the United States: Prairie Lights in Iowa City; the Strand in New York; Off the Beaten Path in Steamboat Springs, Colo.; and Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn. (The Monitor has not reviewed these selections.)
Amy Bloom delves into the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok in this novel. Ms. Hickock, a journalist, and Ms. Roosevelt meet in 1932 while Hickok is reporting on Roosevelt’s husband’s first presidential campaign. Hickok moves into the White House, takes a job in the Roosevelt administration, and her relationship with Roosevelt deepens.
"White Houses" (Feb. 13) by Amy Bloom was recommended by Jan Weissmiller, owner of Prairie Lights in Iowa City.
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