On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels about the perils of trying to fit in: Marion Winik reviews Rufi Thorpe's The Knockout Queen, and Frances Cha's If I had Your Face.
The Knockout Queen, Rufi Thorpe, Knopf
If I Had Your Face, Frances Cha, Ballantine
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/if-i-had-your-face-1.43908837
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