Curtis Sittenfeld's new book,
You Think It, I'll Say It, is her first short-story collection. One of her
six favorite books with strong-willed female protagonists, as shared at
The Week magazine:
Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet
In another recent novel set in the '90s, another freshman has traded working-class Cuban-American Miami for an elite college in upstate New York. Back in Florida, an Elián González–inspired drama unfolds; up north, Lizet navigates academic and romantic confusion. Capó Crucet is equally brilliant writing about class, sex, and what it's like to experience snow for the first time.
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--Marshal Zeringue
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