Book Of The Year--"Manhattan Beach," by Jennifer Egan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                               Once I read this gorgeously structured, historically evocative 40's noir-ish style story of war torn Red Hook in Brooklyn, I knew I had found the Book Of The Year!  Abandoning her quirkiness for a traditional narrative--my favorite kind--Egan paints a portrait of the power women wielded during the war, when the men were overseas, and how this ultimately went on to change America.  I felt as though I read it in a single sitting--I was that absorbed!

                                It is the Read Of The Year.  Don't miss it!