2020 Herald-Tribune holiday book guide
With so many people staying home during this pandemic year, it has been a good time to catch up on reading. Once again this year, I asked my Herald-Tribune colleagues to look back at favorite books they enjoyed or that moved or inspired them. Some were published in the last few months, others date back much earlier.
Whatever the subject or genre, we hope you will find something to trigger your own interests or make a last-minue addition to your holiday wish list.
Jay Handelman, Arts Editor
When the impeccable novelist-of-manners Laurie Colwin died unexpectedly in 1992 at the age of 48, her readers felt they had lost their best friend. As a writer she was even better than a best friend, amusing and affirming, not the kind who secretly competed with you or called only when she wanted something.