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RESTAURANT
Isabel Rose creates a camp reunion to
answer, many times over, an ever-pres-
ent question — What happened to?
— for people known but out of
touch. The answers are mixed,
between expectations and surprises,
and thereby designed to reflect what is
seen every day in reality. J.A.P.
Chronicles (Doubleday; $23.95), in
undercurrent, examines the influence
of money and culture and brings dia-
logue reflective of the author's screen-
writing techniques.
Three new moms share friendship and
confidences in Little Earthquakes
(Atria Books; $26) by Jennifer Weiner.
After illness, ill will and betrayal vari-
ously confound their lives, the three
find ways to help yet another woman
overcome a huge challenge. The char-
acters exemplify the strength infused
in the mainstays of the author's earlier
books, Good in Bed and In Her Shoes,
both being adapted for the screen.
Breaking away from
traditional values
occupies the char-
acters in Merrill
Joan Gerber's
askin—July, '04
THE ORIGINAL
for Guys and the Women Who Rescue
Them (Ballantine Books; $12.95).
Israel, who has built a musical career
that includes completing works only
started by Leonard Bernstein, sets out
to give insight into some common
male attitudes. The plot develops as
the main character confronts a critical
decision.
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Glimmering Girls:
A Novel of the
Fifties (University
of Wisconsin
Press; $24.95).
Three young women,
refusing to devote their college years
to becoming teachers and wives, find
adventure sharing a house with three
men and learning to express their
rebellious inclinations. Ultimately,
they pursue their own dreams.
Gabriel Allon has a valuable painting
to restore, but Israeli authorities redi-
rect his attention to a dangerous
assignment. Allon, the main character
in Daniel Silva's Prince of Fire (G.P.
Putnam's Sons; $25.95), returns to
undercover work to find the terrorists
responsible for an immense attack in
Rome. The ultimate goal is to prevent
future devastation, mixing heroes and
villains in distant cities and various
cultures as they confront one another.
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
Elizabeth Frank leaves real people
behind as she invents people of fiction
through Cheat and Charmer
(Random House; $25.95). Hollywood
careers hang in the balance as history
confronts two sisters — first in
Europe as the Nazis gain power and
second in Washington as communism
becomes a Congressional issue. The
two women test loyalty and ethics and
a choice that will define family.
The Angel of Forgetfulness (Viking;
$24.95) by Steve Stern follows the
development of a manuscript started
by a shy proofreader for a Yiddish
paper. Taking decades and other peo-
ple to complete, the manuscript
revolves around a fallen angel and his
half-human son. Getting the project
completed lets ordinary people escape
into new worlds.
David Schulman
didn't let his
dreams pass him
by. After develop-
ing a successful
chain of depart-
ment stores, he
sold them, went
to college and
became a writer.
The Past Is Never Dead (John F.
Blair, Publisher; $22.95), Schulman's
first book, follows a Jewish psychiatrist
who becomes a sleuth trying to solve
two murders — one from the past and
one recent. A white supremacist and
former U.S. president enter into the
intricate plot.
Simone, a critical character in
Courtesan, A Novel (Touchstone
Books; $14), refuses to be a compro-
mised woman and instead seeks out
marriage and family. This rebellion
and the troubles it creates are the
inventions of Dora Levy Mossanen.
While grandmother Gabrielle has a
liaison with the Shah of Persia early in
the 20th century, granddaughter
Simone prefers the Shah's jeweler, a
Jew in the Muslim court. Murder and
the cutthroat diamond trade propel
the action.
Andrew Furman, who teaches English
at Florida Atlantic University, has sub-
mitted his own writing for scrutiny —