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This Is How It Always Is

October 16, 2017

always

    Taming what was scary not by hiding it, not by blocking it or burying it, not by keeping it secret, but by reminding themselves, and everyone else, to choose love, choose openness, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, contemporary life, family, Flatiron Books, social issues

The Burning Girl by Claire Messud

September 7, 2017

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Julia and Cassie meet in nursery school and are best friends from that moment on. Cassie is the power and spirit in their duo and Julia is the steadfast and careful one. The dynamic works until the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, coming-of-age, friendship, literary, W.W. Norton

Gather the Daughters

July 26, 2017

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  Initially, it’s difficult to tell the time period in Jennie Melamed’s novel, Gather the Daughters. It is life on an island with little in the way of modern conveniences—no indoor plumbing, no ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, dystopia, Little Brown and Company, women

Miss Jane by Brad Watson

July 12, 2017

miss jane

Summer is generally a time when I enjoy lighter books, those that don't take up too much brain space. Sometimes, though, it’s also lovely to disengage from all the activity, find a shaded space and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, family, literary, Southern life, W.W. Norton

Edgar & Lucy: A Novel

March 27, 2017

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  Having a life meant having a story. This is one of the first thoughts we hear from eight-year-old Edgar in Victor Lodato’s novel, Edgar & Lucy. It’s soon followed by the knowledge ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: childhood, contemporary life, literary, St. Martin's Press

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