Ron Charles

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ron Charles

Kathy Wang’s novel is an antidote for our global dissatisfaction (washingtonpost.com) Kathy Wang’s novel is an antidote for our global dissatisfaction By Ron Charles 2025062012001000 On the first page of "The Satisfaction Café," Kathy Wang writes, "Joan had not thought she would stab her husband." I've just met Joan, but I already like her spontaneous style. And it turns out, she's not really such a menace to civil society — or even to husbands.

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Ron Charles

Don’t be fooled by Michelle Huneven’s warm welcome. She can be just as capricious and brutal as real life. Her new novel, “Bug Hollow,” begins with a perfectly calibrated bit of domestic comedy set during a golden summer in the mid-1970s. Ellis Samuelson – the sweetest, smartest son any parents could ask for – has just graduated from high school and driven off on a week-long road trip with some buddies. “Bug Hollow,” By Michelle Huneven. Penguin Press. 288 pages.

1 week ago | theunion.com | Ron Charles

vhe Miners traveled back to Six Sigma Ranch & Winery in Lake County for the 2025 NorCal League High School Championship. Champs Weekend is a fun, weekend-long celebration of an amazing MTB season and the NorCal MTB community, with free camping, competitive racing Saturday and Sunday, and the famous NICA Prom on Saturday night. The challenging High School Champs course was a tough ~5 mile / ~800’ elevation loop, with punchy climbs and fast technical descents.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ron Charles

Don’t be fooled by Michelle Huneven’s warm welcome. She can be just as capricious and brutal as real life. Her new novel, “Bug Hollow,” begins with a perfectly calibrated bit of domestic comedy set during a golden summer in the mid-1970s. Ellis Samuelson — the sweetest, smartest son any parents could ask for — has just graduated from high school and driven off on a week-long road trip with some buddies.

3 weeks ago | texarkanagazette.com | Ron Charles

After the trauma splayed out in "She's Come Undone," "I Know This Much Is True" and "The Hour I First Believed," nobody wanders into a Wally Lamb novel for kicks. Still, the opening of his latest book, "The River Is Waiting," screams in a pitch that will etch itself into your nightmares. Corby Ledbetter, a stay-at-home father of 2-year-old twins, Maisie and Niko, is secretly floundering.