In Book of Ages, New Yorker writer Jill Lepore presents the extraordinary history of the ordinary, everyday life of Benjamin Franklin鈥檚 opinionated kid sister Jane. Given the opportunity, Jane herself might have been another Benjamin Franklin. 鈥淏ook of Ages鈥 is an artful, serious, marvelous book about the younger Franklin's life and Lepore brings to it focus, intensity, and proud delight in her subject. You can read the Monitor's full review of "Book of Ages" here.