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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES - Kirkus Reviews
May 3, 2022 · A lonely woman discovers that sometimes humans don’t have all the answers. Tova Sullivan’s best friend is an octopus. A giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus, to be precise, and he is that—the novel opens with the first of several short chapters narrated in the first person (unlike the rest of the book) by the octopus himself, who can, as he points out, do many things we don’t know he ...
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Book by Dylan Mulvaney Coming in March | Kirkus Reviews
Dylan Mulvaney will tell the story of her life in a new memoir. Abrams Image will publish the actor and influencer’s Paper Doll: Notes From a Late Bloomer next year.The press calls the book “both laugh-out-loud funny and powerfully honest” and “a love letter to everyone who stands up for queer joy.”. Mulvaney, a San Diego native, worked as a …
Uzo Aduba Talks New Book on ‘GMA’ - Kirkus Reviews
Sep 24, 2024 · Uzo Aduba stopped by Good Morning America to discuss her new memoir.. The Orange Is the New Black and Mrs. America actor’s book, The Road Is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose, was published Tuesday by Viking.The memoir covers Aduba’s childhood growing up Black in a mostly white suburb, as well as her acting career; a critic for Kirkus wrote, “Fans will enjoy this ...
THE WOMEN - Kirkus Reviews
Feb 6, 2024 · A young woman’s experience as a nurse in Vietnam casts a deep shadow over her life. When we learn that the farewell party in the opening scene is for Frances “Frankie” McGrath’s older brother—“a golden boy, a wild child who could make the hardest heart soften”—who is leaving to serve in Vietnam in 1966, we feel pretty certain …
Careers - Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Media is looking for experienced book reviewers of English and Spanish-language titles to review for Kirkus Indie, the book review magazine's section dedicated to self-published authors. Reviews are in the same format and held to the same high standards as …
4 New Adaptations To Watch in October | Kirkus Reviews
Sep 30, 2024 · Every year, October brings new tricks and treats, including a grab bag of book-to-screen adaptations. Watch for Kirkus’ in-depth columns on Salem’s Lot, a Max original film version of the classic vampire-horror novel by Stephen King (premiering Oct. 3), and Nickel Boys, a theatrical film based on the Kirkus Prize–winning book by Colson Whitehead, directed by Oscar-nominated ...
‘Reminders of Him’ Movie in the Works | Kirkus Reviews
Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him is headed to the big screen, Variety reports.. Hoover’s novel, published in 2022 by Montlake Romance, follows Kenna Rowan, a woman who has been released from prison after serving time for killing her boyfriend, Scotty.
From Here to the Great Unknown | Kirkus Reviews
Nov 17, 2020 · A charming bird journey with the bestselling author. In his introduction to Tan’s “nature journal,” David Allen Sibley, the acclaimed ornithologist, nails the spirit of this book: a “collection of delightfully quirky, thoughtful, and personal observations of …