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Ten Best Books of 2019

Catherine — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:30:48 +0000

Well, what do you know. Rather than being my usual contrarian self, I actually have ten books I consider to be the best of 2019. Of course, that doesn’t include the eight debut novels I wrote about on Wednesday, but let’s not split hairs. The point is: ALL of these books are marvelous. Even […]

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Ask Again, Yes

Catherine — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:21:05 +0000

This post may include Amazon links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Ask Again, Yes is a complex family story that begins with the lightest of connections. Brian Stanhope and Francis Gleeson are two young men from Ireland who begin their careers as cops together in New York City. They move to the […]

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Fever: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:30:07 +0000

When Mary Mallon leaves Ireland for the United States in the late 1800s she has already seen too much of death—both of her parents, her sister, and her sister’s young children. Death holds little mystery for her but life in Manhattan is full of opportunity when her aunt teaches her to cook. Rather than live […]

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