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JON KUKLA (JENNIFER KUKLA) |
Mr. Jefferson's Women
By Jon Kukla
A serious, meticulous, and well-written biography that will significantly tarnish Jefferson's already sullied reputation (Knopf, $26.95).
Orpheus Lost
By Janette Turner Hospital
Hospital's 12th book portrays a bleak post-9/11 world, viewed through the framework of Greek legend (Norton, $24.95).
Breakfast With Buddha
By Roland Merullo
Enlightenment meets "On the Road" in this witty, insightful novel (Algonquin Books ofChapel Hill, $23.95).
American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill
By Anne Sebba
A sympathetic portrait of the American socialite who became Winston Churchill's mother (Norton, $26.95).
A Free Life
By Ha Jin
In this generous, leisurely tale, Jin explores a Chinese immigrant's first 12 years in America (Pantheon, $26).
Selected from books recently reviewed in the Globe.
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