book reviews

A review of ’Grandma Gatewood’s Walk’ by Ben Montgomery

This week’s reviews: secret archives in Guatemala, an ark story before Noah, and Diane Keaton’s musings on beauty

A review of ’Let’s Just Say it Wasn’t Pretty’ by Diane Keaton

A review of ’The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood’

A review of ’Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala’ by Kirsten Weld

A review of ’The Opposite of Loneliness’ by Marina Keegan

A review of ’Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse that Inspired a Nation’ by Kevin Chong

This week’s reviews: A look at legendary horse Northern Dancer, the muder of Joseph Smith, and Teju Cole’s debut novel

A review of ’Bending Adversity’ by David Pilling

How the founding prophet of the Mormons went from charismatic leader to public enemy