JACIE LANDEROS / Union-Tribune
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The human stain
'The Hemingses of Monticello' is a challenging, provocative work of history
Reviewed by Peter Rowe
“The Hemingses of Monticello” is garlanded with so much advance praise, you might pick it up, expecting an autumnal beach book. You'd be disappointed. Early chapters slog through colonial Virginia, and the narrative halts often for musings about law and love, sexual attraction and family dynamics, freedom and slavery.
STRICTLY FICTIONAL
'Little Face' packs a big punch; 'The Pets' packs no punch
By Tiffany Lee-Youngren
Just as I was about to reach the end of “Little Face,” I discovered that my advanced reader's copy was missing six pages. Six key pages, when all was to be revealed. I was absolutely beside myself. Right gutted, as Manchester native and best-selling author Sophie Hannah might say.
