Shelf Life

Summer 2018
An image shows the type-only cover of Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Korbel Albright '59.

A Critical Question

“Of all the unanswered questions of our time, perhaps the most important is: ‘What is Fascism?’” wrote British journalist George Orwell in 1944. At that time, a young girl was living in exile in London, having fled the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia with her parents. In her new book, Fascism: A Warning , that girl, Madeleine Korbel Albright ’59, takes up Orwell’s question anew.More
The cover of Dana Mele's novel, People Like Us, shows four girls' school uniforms, with navy blazers, plaid skirts, and red ties. The tie on one of the uniforms is askew.

Murder Most Foul

From the opening scene in the satisfying young adult thriller People Like Us, the reader is in for an exciting and eerie read: A spirited, traditional skinny dip on Halloween night abruptly turns sinister…More
The cover of Out in Blue Fields: A Year at Hokum Roack Blueberry Farm, depicts a ripening blueberry bush.

A Farmer’s Year

Out in Blue Fields: A Year at Hokum Rock Blueberry Farm, chronicles, in photography and words, the day-to-day life of the thriving spot on Cape Cod where Janice Riley CE/DS ’00 lives, writes, and farms.More
The cover of the novel Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah '94 depicts several futuristic tree-like structures topped with wire.

Freshink

Recent publications by Wellesley authors.More