In her latest novel, Claire Messud explores what happens when a teacher realizes she no longer wants to play by society’s rules

Interview with Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs

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Our Book Club author talks about how her own fish-out-of-water experiences inspired her hilarious novel.

Q&A with Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette

What happens when bullying drives a teenage girl over the edge?

Chatelaine book review: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

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The Burgess boys know the law: Jim is a famous corporate lawyer, Bob a more low-key legal aid attorney. But when their nephew is charged with a hate crime in their small hometown, the brothers discover they have a lot to learn — about themselves and their family, not to mention racism, adultery and unlawful acts.

Chatelaine book review: The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

Heartbreakingly funny and undeniably honest.

 Chatelaine Book Review: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Claire Messud wonders why can’t women be angry

Author Maria Semple on the troubling aspects of Twitter

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides