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In her first fully historical novel, Bloom has found a tailormade subject: the love affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. Enlightenm­ent Now The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress By Steven Pinker (Viking; 556 pages; $35) Pinker’s latest book is a meticulous defense of science and objective analysis, a rebuttal to the tribalism, knee-jerk partisansh­ip and disinforma­tion that taints our politics. Back Talk Stories By Danielle Lazarin (Penguin; 240 pages; $16 paperback) In her first story collection, Lazarin brilliantl­y charts the world of desire and its many complicati­ons. Raeff ’s novel is deeply concerned with what makes a family, with inevitable, unanswerab­le loss, with the intricacie­s of language and time, love and war, friendship, the life of art and the imaginatio­n.

 ??  ?? White Houses By Amy Bloom (Random House; 218 pages; $27)
White Houses By Amy Bloom (Random House; 218 pages; $27)
 ??  ?? Winter Kept Us Warm By Anne Raeff (Counterpoi­nt; 290 pages; $26)
Winter Kept Us Warm By Anne Raeff (Counterpoi­nt; 290 pages; $26)

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