Books by Laurie Lico Albanese and Complete Book Reviews

Lynelle by the Sea
Lynelle by the Sea
Laurie Lico Albanese, Author, Laurie Lico Albanese, Author Dutton Books $22.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-525-94536-9
The plot of Albanese's debut novel may remind readers of Jacquelyn Mitchard's The Deep End of the Ocean, but Albanese blazes her own path through the familiar landscape of motherhood. Chapters alternate between the working-class vernacular of...
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BLUE SUBURBIA: Almost a Memoir
BLUE SUBURBIA: Almost a Memoir
Laurie Lico Albanese, Author . Perennial/HarperCollins $12.95 (205p) ISBN 978-0-06-056563-3
Albanese's moving if predictable hybrid volume tells the story of her life in verse. As she seems to recognize, this author's key experiences resemble those of many other women. Albanese survives a working-class Northeastern family with an...
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The Miracles of Prato
The Miracles of Prato
Laurie Lico Albanese, Author, Laura Morowitz, Author . Morrow $24.95 (372p) ISBN 978-0-06-155834-4
A formulaic foray into the world of Renaissance Italy, this novel based on the life of painter Fra Filippo Lippi will be lapped up by fans of historical romance. In the year 1457, Lippi, a Carmelite monk in Prato, spots the lovely Lucrezia Buti and...
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Hester
Hester
Laurie Lico Albanese. St. Martin’s, $27.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-27855-5
Albanese (Stolen Beauty) imagines in her standout historical the inspiration for The Scarlet Letter. Her proxy for Hester Prynne is Isobel Gamble, a skilled seamstress who has synesthesia and left her native Scotland for the U.S. in 1829 after her...
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  • Who Was Hester Prynne?: PW Talks with Laurie Lico Albanese
  • Who Was Hester Prynne?: PW Talks with Laurie Lico Albanese
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