But they each do it with such shrewd insight and graceful economy that the result feels gratifyingly new.
For both, the past is another country, literally South Korea for her, Trinidad for him.
Francis never had much of a net below him to begin with.

Credit: Penguin; Bloomsbury
(These are smart kids, but still; Wills an econ major.)
In the end, neither book seems especially interested in definitive answers or happily-ever-afters.
Brother:A-The Incendiaries:B+