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Katherine Heiny’s 2017 novel  Standard Deviation – about an ill-matched married couple – was “to my mind one of the best, and funniest” of recent years, said India Knight in The Sunday Times. Her new one may be “even better”. It tells the story of Jane, a primary school teacher who moves to a small town in Michigan and begins dating “an exceptionally handsome woodworker”. He is perfect for her in just about every respect, except, as Jane discovers, for one: he has “slept with every sleepable-with woman in the county”. As someone whose “expectations are traditional”...

Book review: Katherine Heiny’s feelgood second novel is about love and community

If a handful of characters were transported from Anne Tyler’s Baltimore to tiny Boyne City, Michigan, they might act a bit like the ones Katherine Heiny has gathered in Early Morning Riser. But Heiny’s gentle exploration of how we tiptoe and often stumble through the minefield of love is both fresh and consistently entertaining. When second grade teacher Jane Wilkes meets Duncan Ryfield, they quickly fall in lust. But Jane’s attraction to Duncan, a handsome and capable woodworker who’s more skilled at starting projects than he is at finishing them, is complicated by the discovery tha...

Published January 17. 2021 12:01AM | Updated January 17. 2021 12:04PM Angela Haupt, The Washington Post Get the weekly rundown Email* Submit Take a look back to survey your favorite reads in 2020. They might inspire which titles you pick up in 2021. Here are 14 books, from a variety of genres, to consider based on recent favorites. — If you enjoyed "Little Disasters," by Sarah Vaughan, read "The Push," by Ashley Audrain (out now) What happens when a mother doesn't love her daughter? Audrain's debut is a tense, chilling dip into the dark side of motherhood, narr...

Books Of 2021: 5 Most-Anticipated Titles From Authors Like Viet Thanh Nguyen, Haruki Murakami KEY POINTS Haruki Murakami releases his much-awaited collection of eight first-person short stories The list includes recommendations by well established and celebrated authors With the new coronavirus strain spreading fear, the pandemic seems to be far from over. So, in such times, our home remains the safest place for us. While being locked in the room, the best thing you can do is dive into a reading spree. There’s an abundance of exciting literary debuts anticipated in the year 2021. Here’s...