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Cruel Beautiful World

October 26, 2016

cruel beautiful

  Sometimes a book’s marketing can end up working against it. I found this to be the case with Caroline Leavitt’s Cruel Beautiful World. The synopsis and various blurbs referenced the Manson ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1960s, Algonquin Books, coming-of-age, family, literary

Is This Tomorrow

May 10, 2013

Is This Tomorrow

In 1956 there was plenty to worry about- the Communists and nuclear missiles, but missing children were an anomaly. In Waltham, Massachusetts, people didn’t even lock their doors and children moved ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, Algonquin Books, book clubs, mystery

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