Mona Simpson, Jane Ziegelman

FICTION
Mona Simpson (nella foto), My Hollywood (Knopf). Il rapporto tra una coppia di yuppy di LA e la nanny filippina, "It takes quite a while, however, for Ms. Simpson to hit her stride, and she seems uncertain at first whether she is writing a social satire, a comedy of manners or a character study. In fact, the novel's early scenes comparing and contrasting the lives of spoiled young Hollywood yuppies and the lives of their frugal, hard-working nannies often feel like a stilted school exercise..." Michiko Kakutani, nyt.

NONFICTION
Jane Ziegelman, 97 Orchard. An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement  (Smithsonian Books/Harper/HarperCollins). Come gli immigrati hanno cambiato il modo di mangiare in America. nytbr.