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The Guest Room

January 6, 2016

guest room

  Chris Bohjalian always manages to tell a great story and in a way that encompasses its truth, but in The Guest Room he delves into the kind of subjects that make us squeamish—the underbelly of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, Doubleday, social issues

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands

July 7, 2014

close your eyes

Sweet sixteen—a time of so many changes. Learning to drive, first dates, preparing for college, and, if you’re Emily Shepard, a nuclear reactor meltdown near your tiny town in Vermont, your parents ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, Doubleday, family, social issues, young adult

The Light in the Ruins

July 8, 2013

The Light in the Ruins

  The Light in the Ruins, Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, is set at the Villa Chimera in Tuscany in 1943, a pastoral estate where the war is largely unseen. The Rosatis are a titled Italian family ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, Doubleday, historical fiction, Italy, murder, mystery, Nazis, WWII

The Sandcastle Girls

December 19, 2012

The Sandcastle Girls

It was as I was nearing the finish of Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, The Sandcastle Girls, that I was struck by how insulated and sheltered we are in the United States. I say that with a full ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Armenian genocide, book clubs, Doubleday, historical fiction, World War I

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