Book Reviews
“The Gown” by Jennifer Robson “The Gown” tells a beautiful story set in 1947 London, when England is still recovering from World War II. Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin are two [...]
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Posted March 06, 2019in Book Review
Posted February 06, 2019in Book Review
“Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country” by Pam Houston Pam Houston’s affecting new title consists of essays depicting scenes of life at her ranch home. In 1993, with [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Book Review
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‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ The unnamed narrator of “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” has one goal in mind: to remain asleep for as much of the day as possible. [...]
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Posted December 05, 2018in Book Review
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‘Leave No Trace’ Following her critically acclaimed novel, “Everything You Want Me to Be,” Mindy Mejia has proven to be deserving of comparisons to Gilian Flynn and Paula Hawkins. With [...]
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Posted October 31, 2018in Book Review
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‘Circe’ New takes on these ancient stories have been done so many times that it takes something extraordinary to bring back the spark of interest to a jaded public. Madeline [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Book Review
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‘Ordinary People’ Ordinary People, like the title would suggest, tells the story of ordinary people and their ordinary problems. Diana Evans tells the story of two couples. Melissa and Michael, who have just had [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Book Review
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‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies’ The focus of a recent episode of a missing history program was on William [...]
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Posted August 01, 2018in Book Review
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‘The Best We Could Do’ Thi Bui’s memoir beautifully illustrates the story of her family as they escaped the terror of South Vietnam in the 1970s. Presented in a graphic [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Book Review
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‘There There’ “There There” is an incredible debut novel by Tommy Orange. It follows a dozen different Native American perspectives all coalescing around a powwow taking place in Oakland, California. [...]
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Posted June 06, 2018in Book Review
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‘The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism’ During World War I, the city of Halifax was a prominent shipping port for military [...]
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