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The Secrets Between Us

July 12, 2018

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By the end of Thrity Umrigar’s novel, The Space Between Us, Bhima had been fired from her job as Sera’s household servant, after being accused of stealing money from the family. For Bhima, living ... Read More...

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Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar

June 22, 2018

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This month Thrity Umrigar's novel, Everybody's Son, was released in paperback so I'm revisiting my review of this entertaining and  thought provoking book. Even more good news: Umrigar has a new ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary life, family, Harper, racism, social issues

Everybody’s Son: A Novel

June 15, 2017

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When a novel opens during a heat wave with a ten-year-old boy breaking a window to get out of an apartment with no electricity after being left alone for a week while his mother goes out to buy drugs ... Read More...

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It’s Monday, June 5th: What Are You Reading?

June 5, 2017

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  In case you didn't know, I’m a big fan of synchronicity. Coincidence is so boring when you can choose to believe that the most random things are part of a greater pattern! So…how awesome ... Read More...

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The Story Hour

August 18, 2014

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  When it comes to the workings of the human heart there are few who tell tales so consistently unexpected and with such depth as Thrity Umrigar. Her newest novel, The Story Hour, is about the lonely ... Read More...

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