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For those Kindle readers who, like me, read for entertainment, scanning the book reviews in People magazine is good way to check out new people-related books - celebrity bios, popular novels, absorbing nonfiction - just hitting bookstore shelves. Featured in the August 22nd and 29th issues of People:

Angelina's Bachelors, by Brian O'Reilly. Gallery, 2011. Print Length: 384 p. NOVEL. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (7 reviews). People's slant: "The characters are Capraesque...Luckily this debut from O'Reilly (creator of Food Network's Dinner: Impossible) includes his wife Virginia's appealing recipes." - Moira Bailey. Kindle edition $9.99; Paperback $10.09. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.

"Far too young to be a widow, Angelina D’Angelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband, Frank. Late one night shortly after the funeral, she makes her way down to the kitchen and pours all of her grief and anger into the only outlet she has left - her passion for cooking. In a frenzy of concentration and swift precision, she builds layer upon layer of thick, rich lasagna, braids loaves of yeasty bread, roasts plump herb-rubbed chicken; she makes so much food that she winds up delivering the spoils to the neighbors in her tight-knit Italian community in South Philadelphia. Retiree Basil Cupertino, who has just moved in with his kindly sister across the street, is positively smitten with Angelina’s food. In a stroke of good fortune, Basil offers Angelina (not only husbandless but unemployed) a job cooking for him - two meals a day, six days a week, in exchange for a handsome salary. Soon, word of her irresistible culinary prowess spreads and she finds herself cooking for seven bachelors..." - Publisher.

The Call, by Yannick Murphy. Harper Collins, 2011. Print Length: 240 p. NOVEL. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (2 reviews). People's slant: "...this is no make my day revenge fantasy. Instead, true heroism is revealed in the humanity of a taciturn and decent man." - Ellen Shapiro. Kindle edition $9.99; Paperback $9.92. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"The daily rhythm of a veterinarian’s family in rural New England is shaken when a hunting accident leaves their eldest son in a coma. With the lives of his loved ones unhinged, the veterinarian struggles to maintain stability while searching for the man responsible. But in the midst of their great trial an unexpected visitor arrives, requesting a favor that will have profound consequences - testing a loving father’s patience, humor, and resolve and forcing husband and wife to come to terms with what 'family' truly means." - Publisher.

Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein, by Julie Salamon. The Penguin Press, 2011. Print Length: NOVEL. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (9 reviews). People's slant: "...intriguing biography..." - Kim Hubbard. Kindle edition $14.99; Hardcover $19.19. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"...bestselling author Julie Salamon explores the life of playwright Wendy Wasserstein's most expertly crafted character: herself. The first woman playwright to win a Tony Award, Wendy Wasserstein was a Broadway titan. But with her high-pitched giggle and unkempt curls, she projected an image of warmth and familiarity. Everyone knew Wendy Wasserstein. Or thought they did. Born on October 18, 1950, in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Wendy was the youngest of Lola and Morris Wasserstein's five children. Lola had big dreams for her children. They didn't disappoint: Sandra, Wendy's glamorous sister, became a high-ranking corporate executive at a time when Fortune 500 companies were an impenetrable boys club. Their brother Bruce became a billionaire superstar of the investment banking world. Yet behind the family's remarkable success was a fiercely guarded world of private tragedies... In Wendy and the Lost Boys, Salamon assembles the fractured pieces, revealing Wendy in full. Though she lived an uncommon life, she spoke to a generation of women during an era of vast change." - Publisher.
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