Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share books that we found in our mailboxes last week.
For review:
How Shakespeare Changed Everything by Stephen Marche – Release date: May 10, 2011
Esquire columnist Stephen Marche gives an expansive and exciting look at William Shakespeare’s pervasive influence on every aspect of modern culture—showing us how we can find Shakespeare even where we least expect him. In the spirit of Alain de Botton’s How Proust Can Change Your Life, Marche reveals how Shakespeare’s influence is everywhere—from politics to psychotherapy, broadway to botany, emo teenagers to outrageous baby names, even zoology (did you know it’s the Bard who is responsible for the starlings terrorizing New York City’s Central Park?). Fans of literary trivia and readers of Stephen Greenblatt’s Will in the World and Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare: The World as Stage will be captivated by Marche’s artful reading of how every day can bring a fresh reading of the Immortal Bard of Avon.
Faith by Jennifer Haigh – Release date: May 10, 2011
It is the spring of 2002 and a perfect storm has hit Boston. Across the city’s archdiocese, trusted priests have been accused of the worst possible betrayal of the souls in their care. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the fallout for one devout family, the McGanns.
Estranged for years from her difficult and demanding relatives, Sheila McGann has remained close to her older brother Art, the popular, dynamic pastor of a large suburban parish. When Art finds himself at the center of the maelstrom, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him and his reputation. What she discovers is more complicated than she imagined. Her strict, lace-curtain-Irish mother is living in a state of angry denial. Sheila’s younger brother Mike, to her horror, has already convicted his brother in his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheila’s questions and refuses to defend himself.
As the scandal forces long-buried secrets to surface, Faith explores the corrosive consequences of one family’s history of silence—and the resilience its members ultimately find in forgiveness. Throughout, Haigh demonstrates how the truth can shatter our deepest beliefs—and restore them. A gripping, suspenseful tale of one woman’s quest for the truth, Faith is a haunting meditation on loyalty and family, doubt and belief. Elegantly crafted, sharply observed, this is Jennifer Haigh’s most ambitious novel to date.
From BookMooch:
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
This is a sequel to her book Good in Bed. I enjoyed the first installment and I want to see how the saga ends.
So what’s in your mailbox?

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Faith sounds good. I will have to keep an eye out for it. Enjoy your new reads.
First-time visitor….I like your blog.
Enjoy your books.
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Elizabeth
Nice mix of books! enjoy the reading.
I really enjoyed GOOD IN BED and I haven’t read CERTAIN GIRLS either. Hope it’s good. I love the look of FAITH. Enjoy!
Looks like you got some interesting reading ahead of you. Have a great week and happy reading. My MM is here
They all look so good! It’ll be hard to decide which one to read first.
Faith and How Shakespeare Changed Everything sound great; enjoy
Enjoy your books!
I’m looking forward to Faith. I’ve read a couple of Haigh’s books and really liked them.
I loved Certain Girls…hope you enjoy all of your books.
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I have never read a Jennifer Weiner book. I keep meaning to, but never do. I really should change that. Faith sounds really interesting. Happy Reading!
I would love to read Faith, enjoy your reading.
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