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The Gluten-Free Table

October 15, 2012

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Imagine that your father is a well-loved chef known throughout the world but you can’t eat his food. This was the dilemma faced by Jilly and Jessie Lagasse when both realized, after years of illness ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: cookbook, cooking, gluten-intolerant, Grand Central Publishing, recipes

The Wine of Solitude

October 12, 2012

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At eight, Hélène Karol lives in a small Russian town with her parents, Boris and Bella, and her grandparents. She is an odd, lonely girl largely because her mother is willful, spoiled and selfish, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, historical fiction, Russia, World War I

Does This Church Make Me Look Fat?

October 10, 2012

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I missed Rhoda Janzen’s first book, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home so jumping into her newest book, Does This Church Make Look Fat?, was a bit like going to a new high ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, Grand Central Publishing, medical, memoir, religion

Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere

October 8, 2012

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Judging a Book by Its Lover is a sharp, funny look at the world of books and reading by one of its biggest fans, Lauren Leto. A law school dropout who gained fame through her website, Texts From Last ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction, Reading Tagged: books, Harper, humor

Goldberg Variations: A Novel

October 6, 2012

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Gloria Garrison née Goldberg is a successful businesswoman with an eleven million dollar fashion/beauty empire. She is also self-absorbed, superficial and of an emotional temperature cold enough to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, family, Scribner

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