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The World We Found

December 10, 2012

The World We Found

College is the last stand for the enthusiasm and idealism of youth and for four friends in Bombay it was where they cemented the friendship they believed would last throughout their lives. Then the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, HarperCollins, India

Wicked Pleasures

December 7, 2012

Wicked Pleasures

When it comes to British multi-generational family dramas no one does it better than Penny Vincenzi. Her books are Dynasty and Dallas on the page. In her latest, Wicked Pleasures, she follows the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, book clubs, England, family saga, historical fiction, The Overlook Press

Beside the Sea

November 28, 2012

beside the sea

Two young boys journey with their mother to see the ocean for the first time and have an adventure. Unfortunately, nothing is as planned and the trip is not what it seems. For their mother, finding ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary fiction, literary, Tin House

The Oracle Glass

November 26, 2012

The Oracle Glass

A young girl with a particular, peculiar gift—the ability to read the future in a bowl of water, or, as it was known at the time, an oracle glass. Geneviève is not blessed in any of the ways important ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 17th century, book clubs, France, historical fiction, Sourcebooks

The Bathing Women

November 21, 2012

The Bathing Women

In a family with dignity, there was no room for “other things”, no matter how profoundly someone in this family was shamed, or how deeply the person suffered.   The Bathing Women takes place from the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, China, cultural, Scribner

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