As the leaves begin to fall and the year winds down, it's only natural for our thoughts to turn introspective. The same holds true for November's must-read new books, where mothers-to-be fight for bodily autonomy, a shape-shifter ponder the nature of identity, a memoirist with PTSD considers the fate of survivors, and a journalist debates the status of the life-altering novel.
‘Heather, The Totality’ by Matthew Weiner
Fans of Mad Men will find familiar themes lurking in the show creator’s debut novel: family crises, class conflict, hidden pasts, and the peculiarities of Manhattan life. But don’t expect office politics out of this neo-noir-influenced novel. Instead, the tense thriller homes in on interior life, as one upper-middle-class family sets out on a collision course with the disturbed construction worker who has made their teenage daughter the focus of his criminal fantasies.
Heather, The Totality by Matthew Weiner, $23, amazon.com on November 7. BUY
