Everyone Knows Your Mother Is Pittsburgh

<p>THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH by Michael Chabon / EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR MOTHER IS A WITCH by Rivka Galchen.</p> <p>What do an angsty college grad discovering himself in 1988 Pittsburgh and an onery old woman accused of witchcraft in 1618 Germany have in common? They're the protagonists of this week's reviewed books, of course!</p> <p>Andrew dives into his first Chabon with the problematic bildungsroman THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH. Then, Bailey learns the twisted fate of Johannes Kepler's mother in the darkly hilarious EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR MOTHER IS A WITCH. All that, and we still have time to discuss Garfield the cat's perspective on death and dying!</p>