Weaving together past and present, Girl Through Glass is a complex coming-of-age debut.įine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, by Diane Williams (Jan. In the present day, another dance instructor also becomes entangled in a risky relationship with a student. While her home holds her parents' ugly divorce, Mira finds escape in ballet, where her relationship with her much-older mentor intensifies and darkens. Obsession, competition, betrayal - it is the summer of 1977 and 11-year-old Mira, an aspiring ballerina, is embroiled in all three. Colum McCann irresistibly describes the resulting concoction as 'a literary molotov cocktail to light up the dark.'
The 1999 Seattle WTO protests are the backdrop for Sunil Yapa's multi-faceted debut novel, which follows the fate of seven people: teenage Victor, who runs away from home to join the protests Victor's estranged father, police Chief Bishop two non-violent protesters two policemen and the financial minister from Sri Lanka. Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, by Sunil Yapa (Jan. But where to begin? Let The Week be your guide:
