Four recent, highly-acclaimed new books all feature the word "TIGER" in their titles. Three are non-fiction; the other a novel. Each is radically different from the next, but each has received rave reviews and/or significant notice from critics. They are:
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. This is the controversial, and oft-debated, book by a Chinese-American mom who applied strict, uncompromising, and authoritarian parenting techniques in raising her two daughters. Chua disdains Western-style "indulgent" parenting and the fallout from this book has been all over the media.
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
Cited on many non-fiction "Best" lists, this riveting story follows a deadly Siberian tiger and the Russian poachers who seek to trap him. Not just an adventure story, the book explores late 1990s politics, socioeconomic conditions, and conservation fronts in the Russian Republic. The lethal encounters between man and beast are "bone-chilling".
Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir by Margauz Fragoso (on order)
The author's 15-year relationship, from age 7 to 22, with a pedophile she met as a child at a public pool, is detailed from her diaries with "unflinching honesty" and shows how pedophiles can manipulate and menace the lives of children. An important yet disturbing memoir.
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
This book, no doubt, will be named one of 2011's finest. Set in the wartorn Balkans, it is the story of a young woman doctor's search for her grandfather who has died in a remote village. On her journey, she recounts the family stories, legends and folk tales he told her as a child. A wondrous mix of magical realism and reality will keep the reader mesmerized.
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