Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan [in Library Journal]
23 May, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost
An 11-year-old's daring 1934 dip at Brooklyn's Manhattan Beach introduces the tautly twisted threads of Jennifer Egan’s first novel since 2011's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad. This tripart historical hybrid – part family saga, part noirish mystery, part testimony to women's war-fueled...