Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Julie Goodrich Back Bay Books Pub Date: October 16, 2013 $15.99 486 pp. A woman wakes up in a park in the rain with no idea who she is or why she is surrounded by dead bodies. “The Rook,” by Daniel O’Malley, starts off
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Amulet Books Pub Date: March 26, 2013 $12.95 163 pp. Tom Angleberger is the author of the bestselling Origami Yoga series (“The Strange Case of Origami Yoda,” “Darth Paper Strikes Back”). In this book, he adheres to the “Star Wars” theme continuing
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Shirley Shiffler Atria Books March 26, 2013 $24.99 307 pp. “All the dying that summer began with the death of a child…” Yikes. I have to admit after reading this first line of “Ordinary Grace,” I wasn’t sure it was my cup of tea.
Read More →17Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Simon and Schuster 2/19/13 $23 240 pp. “Middle Men” is a collection of short stories about those ordinary men who fade into the background. These are not those men who are the successful movers and shakers. These are those men who are
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Knopf Dec. 6, 2012 $24.95 243 pp. University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Ayana Mathis has earned well-deserved acclaim for this painful first novel. In 1923, young Hattie, along with her mother and two sisters, flees Georgia for Philadelphia, becoming part of
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Reviewed by Julie Goodrich Hyperion Books May 15, 2012 $16.99 343 pp. There are times when simple description isn’t really enough to properly frame a book. Suggesting a young-adult novel to any adult is usually an exercise in frustration. Adding that it’s essentially historical fiction about
Read More →Review by Victoria Jones Peter Publishing Group 2/12/13 $425.92 2,857 pp. The story begins with Melody, the daughter of an orange farmer, riding her horse through the orchards one sunny afternoon, when she stumbles upon a naked man sprawled out behind “a particularly forlorn tree.” Instead of galloping away in
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Knopf Publishing Group 2/26/13 $25.95 257 pp. With his new release, “Benediction,” best-selling author Kent Haruf delivers another poignant, elegant portrait of life in Holt, Colo. As the novel opens, Dad Lewis and his wife Mary learn that Dad’s cancer has worsened
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Reagan Arthur Books Jan. 15, 2013 $25.99 388 pp. Retired detective John Rebus, star of 2008’s “Exit Music” by Ian Rankin, returns as a civilian working in a cold case unit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rebus meets with Nina Hazlitt whose daughter disappeared
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Barb Palar Simon and Schuster 2011 $15 325 pp. Jean Thompson had me with the first paragraph: “The bride and groom had two wedding receptions: The first was in the basement of the Lutheran Church right after the ceremony, with punch and cake and
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