Are you hungry for a good book? How about a book that
is a gourmet banquet for even the most ravenous reader? Truong's writing is a sensuous literary feast; it makes one want to
read it aloud, to devour each word, to hear it and taste it, just like
Linda, who longs for a certain word "like it was a spoonful of
peach cobbler."
Sunday, May 17, 4:00 p.m. Nine Layers of Sky by Liz Williams
In such novels as The Poison Master and Empire of Bones, Liz Williams sparked readers’ imaginations by creating worlds at once strange and familiar. Now this bold new writer delivers a profound and provocative look at human nature in a timely novel of a nation--and a world--torn asunder, and of a hope that refuses to die.