Kate Christensen

May 30, 2024 | shorelocalnews.com | Cindy Fertsch |Marjorie Preston |Kate Christensen |Henry Winkler

By Marjorie PrestonWelcome Home, StrangerBy Kate Christensen2023, HarperA toxic parent dies, and reluctant family members come together for the funeral, the will, and all the emotional reckoning they’ve put off for years. So begins “Welcome Home, Stranger,” a clear-eyed but compassionate view of people in conflict. As the story opens, weary D.C. journalist Rachel Calloway is heading to Maine to bury her estranged mom, the “cruel, drunk, wayward, beautiful” Lucie.

Jan 5, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | Vanessa Chan |Kate Christensen |Virginia Kantra |Kallie E. Benjamin

This week, we feature some terrific nonfiction to kick off the New Year: The Book at War by Andrew Pettegree, "perfect for lovers of history and literature," and appearing at a time when book bans are prevalent, explores how books have been used during dire times; The Rest Is History by historians and podcast hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, a companion book to their popular podcast of the same name, "cheekily explains curious and weird moments in human history." And Lisa Yee and Dan...

Dec 24, 2023 | thedailynewsonline.com | Christine Brunkhorst |Kate Christensen

Kate Christensen’s eighth novel is a brief, brilliant story of grief and love. It’s Job on menopause, crying, “Why am I still here?” but without the biblical overtones. It’s your next book club book. It’s the novel your husband should read even though I’ve mentioned menopause. It’s your coolest friend’s most astute tirade on life. I loved it from page one.

Dec 13, 2023 | auburnpub.com | Kate Christensen |Christine Brunkhorst

Kate Christensen's eighth novel is a brief, brilliant story of grief and love. It's Job on menopause, crying, "Why am I still here?" but without the biblical overtones. It's your next book club book. It's the novel your husband should read even though I've mentioned menopause. It's your coolest friend's most astute tirade on life. I loved it from page one.

Dec 4, 2023 | lithub.com | Jane Ciabattari |Kate Christensen

Kate Christensen has a genius for capturing the interiority of intimacy, the aromatics of place, the closest connections among couples, families, neighbors, rivals. Her PEN/Faulkner award-winning fourth novel, The Great Man, centers two authors who are writing biographies of a newly deceased figurative painter and vying for access to his sister, wife and mistress, all in their seventies and still seductive.