The Liar's Club Mary Karr
In spite of its grimness, poet Karr's straight-from-the-hip memoir of growing up as the child of dysfunctional alcoholics in Texas during the '60s shouldn't be missed — as dramatic and riveting as the finest fiction.
Practical Magic Alice Hoffman
While on vacation, take a trip of the imagination with Hoffman's latest magic-realism romp about a pair of orphaned sisters with unusual powers. Ghosts, spells, and miracles — oh my!
The Member-Guest Clint McCown
The quirky denizens and employees of a backwater country club cope with rancid clams, stolen golf carts, and a dead dog, among other things, in these 10 amusing, and moving, tales.
