OxygenIt is the summer of 1997. Alec Valentine is returning to England to care for his ailing mother, Alice, a task that only reinforces his deep sense of inadequacy. In San Francisco, his older brother Larry prepares to come home as well, preoccupied with an acting career that is sliding toward sleaze and a marriage that is faltering. In Paris, on the other hand, the Hungarian playwright Lszlo Lzr seems to have it all critical acclaim, a loving boyfriend,

At thirty-eight

What kind of narrative can heal and empower

Lara doesn’t realise how good she has it in her home in Edinburgh with her owners

Ever wonder how on earth to get them to eat the recommended 5 servings of fruits and veggies per day (or even per week)

—Abraham Verghese

fueled by a swelling panic about the end of humanity

Von Braun became an American hero

a queer retelling of “Snow White and Rose Red” in which teenage twins battle evil religious extremists to save their loves and their circus family

She believes she caused the accident

It was a secret that remained buried for years

three teens must face down the mistakes of their past after they learn that life on Earth might end in less than a week

Sandro Veronesi’s masterpiece—eminently readable