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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

November 15, 2017

candles

It’s odd when I think of the arc of my life, from child to young woman to aging adult. First I was who I was. Then I didn’t know who I was. Then I invented someone and became her. Then I began to like ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: memoir, Random House, women

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

November 13, 2017

beartown

“You can’t live in this town, you can only survive it.” There’s only one thing you need to know about Beartown: hockey. Its people live, eat, and breathe by the laws of hockey. Beyond that there ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Atria Books, coming-of-age, family, social issues, sports

The Heart’s Invisible Furies

November 7, 2017

heart

  Cyril Avery’s birth was not a propitious one. He came into the world onto the floor of a tiny apartment, next to the unconscious body of his mother’s roommate, with the roommate’s lover lying ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, coming-of-age, Hogarth, Ireland, literary, social issues

Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

August 23, 2017

girl

In real life, the victim of murder should always remain at the forefront of the story, but in fiction there is no such rule. The girl in Girl in Snow is Lucinda Hayes, a pretty teenager found dead on ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, literary, mystery, Simon & Schuster

Tornado Weather: A Novel

July 24, 2017

tornado

The town is Colliersville, Indiana, but it could be any number of small towns scattered across the United States. Towns where, as the jobs get smaller, the economic disparity gets bigger. This is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, debut, Flatiron Books, literary

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