New from Niff!

Great review for Audrey Niffenegger’s new novel, “Her Fearful Symmetry.” For the trivia experts: years ago, Audrey read from this then work-in-progress, at Happy Ending. She did a tarot reading for her risk. Lovers of Niffenegger’s past work should rejoice. This outing may not be as blindly romantic as “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” but it is mature, complex and convincing — a dreamy yet visceral tale of loves both familial and erotic, a search for Self in the midst of obsession with an Other. “Her Fearful Symmetry” is as atmospheric and beguiling as a walk through Highgate itself. –Susann Cokal