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The People of Forever Are Not Afraid

September 10, 2012

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Coming-of-age in Israel means something very different than it does in most countries. At 18 all Israeli youth must serve two years in the Israeli Defense Forces. In The People of Forever Are Not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, Hogarth, Israel, Middle East, social issues

Dora: A Headcase

September 8, 2012

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Seventeen is no place to be. You want to get out, you want to shake off a self like old dead skin. You want to take how things are and chuck it like a rock. And guess what? If it’s bad for you, the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, debut, Tin House

Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

September 7, 2012

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This is the first time (and I hope the last) that I am reviewing a book published posthumously. Christopher Hitchens was a British writer, journalist and public speaker; a highly intelligent man with ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: memoir, Twelve

In Between Days

September 5, 2012

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He looks out the window to his left and notices a small row of brown stucco houses, all old and somewhat disheveled, and realizes then, with something like panic, with something like fear, that he ... Read More...

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

Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures

September 3, 2012

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From an idyllic childhood near the lakes of Wisconsin to the glamour of Hollywood’s studio days, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures traces Elsa Emerson’s journey to becoming Laura Lamont.Elsa’s family is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1930s, debut, historical fiction, Hollywood, Riverhead Books

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