Book reviews: Jhumpa Lahiri, John Grisham, Anthony Bourdain, Sandra Boynton, Eric Jerome Dickey, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Mark Bittman, Ben Philippe, Annette Gordon-Reed, Glenn Frankel, Eric Carle
Harper Perennial, nonfiction, $16.99 What it’s about: In this hilarious and biting memoir-in-essays, Ben Philippe chronicles a lifetime of being the “Black friend” in predominantly white spaces. The buzz: “Philippe has created a funny and at times harrowing, memoir of his experience as a Black man,” Library Journal writes. Harper Perennial Ecco, nonfiction, $35 What it’s about: A celebration of Anthony Bourdain, the late food and travel writer, whose experiences are collected in an entertaining travel guide highlighting his favorite places and also including essays by friends, fam...
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