Deborah Copaken Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Deborah Copaken

@sarahmseltzer In less than a week, I'm going on a quick five-day winter break with my 15-year-old son. "I'm bringing a book and my sunglasses, and I plan to ignore you the entire time, cool?" I told him. He's psyched. I'm psyched. Iris Murdoch's THE SEA, THE SEA, here I come.

Deborah Copaken

You thought your family had secrets? You've never read anything like @CarmenSense's twisty-turny tale of family secrets, plural, in her memoir WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? I interview her here: https://deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/family-secrets-plural?r=4109w&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Deborah Copaken

@jerrysaltz The Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Breathtakingly good. All of them: The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last (The Patrick Melrose Novels) https://t.co/LycrIGkDnB

Deborah Copaken

@jerrysaltz The Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Breathtakingly good. All of them: The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last (The Patrick Melrose Novels) https://t.co/LycrIGkDnB

Deborah Copaken

That I turned it into an allegory of Dante's Inferno--its original title, SUICIDE WOOD--was seen as another mark against it. "Americans don't read The Inferno," I was told. I know that, I said, but maybe my book can be an easy entryway into that more difficult if important text.

Deborah Copaken

Excellent review, @RonCharles, of an excellent book by @JeanHanffKoreli: THE LATECOMER. Which I'm currently reading and enjoying immensely! I'm looking forward to the hijinks at the "cottage." https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/05/31/jean-hanff-korelitz-latecomer/

Deborah Copaken

@jerrysaltz The Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Breathtakingly good. All of them: The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last (The Patrick Melrose Novels) https://t.co/LycrIGkDnB

Deborah Copaken

My novel, BETWEEN HERE AND APRIL, was rejected 39 times before @kpories bought it for @AlgonquinBooks. "No one wants to read a novel about a mother who kills herself and her children," I was told before that. Again and again. https://amzn.to/3v4nvxR

Deborah Copaken

I am not ashamed to say reading this article by @angelique814 made my day/year/life. Thank you, Angelique. And thank you @MichaelaCoel for the shout out for Ladyparts. Moreover, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From The Goon Squad is one of my all time favorite novels as well. https://t.co/ykToHhReVM

Deborah Copaken

Wow! I read @JRMoehringer's #TheTenderBar years ago, loved it. Just saw the film, directed by Clooney, starring Ben Affleck, adapted by William Monahan, & loved it all over again. Bravo, everyone involved! This single mother laughed, cried, felt things. https://youtu.be/5-DS9vtLeEs