Guest Shortlist Featuring Curtis Sittenfeld

Featured Guest: Curtis Sittenfeld

	Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett This memoir of Patchett's friendship with the poet Lucy Grealy is moving and insightful—I'd recommend it to anyone who writes, has had a friend, or has been one.
	When We Get There by Shauna Seliy A gem of a novel about 13-year-old Lucas, who lives in a dying Pennsylvania mining town in the 70s and whose mother has just mysteriously vanished. Perfect for book clubs.
	Friends with Money I love this smart, funny, real movie about women in L.A. and their friendships. The writer and director, Nicole Holofcener, makes movies that are talky like Woody Allen's, but hers are from a female perspective and way better.
	More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley My husband and I have very different taste in music (he thinks mine is cheesy), but we both really like Rilo Kiley's catchy melodies and weird lyrics.
	The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin The four novellas in this collection are elegant, wise, and heartbreaking.