Carolyn Parkhurst, Author . Little, Brown $21.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-316-16868-7
A starred or boxed review indicates a book of outstanding quality. A review with a blue-tinted title indicates a book of unusual commercial interest that hasn't received a starred or boxed review.THE DOGS OF BABELCarolyn Parkhurst. Little, Brown,
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Carolyn Parkhurst, Author . Little $23.95 (292p) ISBN 978-0-316-15638-7
Luckily, this novel about a reality-TV show is a satire, if an often muted one. Addressing the comedy and tragedy of missed connections, bestseller Parkhurst (The Dogs of Babel
) uses the forum of Lost and Found
, an Amazing Race
–type...
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Carolyn Parkhurst, Author . Doubleday $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-385-52769-9
Parkhurst (The Dogs of Babel
) returns with the story of Octavia Frost: widow, successful novelist, and estranged mother of Milo, lead singer of an up-and-coming band. Milo and Octavia haven't spoken in almost four years, but their separation...
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Carolyn Parkhurst, Author, Erik Singer, Read by , read by Erik Singer. Time Warner AudioBooks $29.98 (0p) ISBN 978-1-58621-510-1
Consumed with grief and obsessed with unlocking the mystery of wife Lexy's fatal fall from a backyard apple tree, 43-year-old linguistics professor Paul Iverson describes himself as "a man who wants to know things no human being could tell...
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Carolyn Parkhurst, illus. by Dan Yaccarino, Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-312-54848-3
When a boy's pretend play as a TV chef collides with a very stubborn little sister (the eponymous Elliebelly, aka Eleanor), it brings new and very funny meaning to the concept of reality television. To begin with, Elliebelly insists that she and her
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Carolyn Parkhurst, Author, Blair Brown, Read by , read by Blair Brown. Hachette Audio $39.98 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59483-245-1
Parkhurst's novel of a disparate group of people traveling the globe on an Amazing Race
–like reality game show shines on audio. The alternating points of view work especially well when read aloud: each chapter is told in first person by a
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