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Casebook: A Novel

April 21, 2014

casebook

  From the time he is nine years old Miles Adler-Rich is a snoop. Not just a hanging around snoop, a hiding walkie-talkies and wiring-an-extension-into-the-family’s-phone-line snoop. Initially, he ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, contemporary life, Knopf

Astonish Me

April 14, 2014

astonish me

Joan Joyce is a dancer who has wanted to be a ballerina her entire life. Unfortunately her desire outweighs her talent and so she is relegated to the corps. The center stage she longs for does not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: ballet, Knopf

Golden Boy: A Novel

May 22, 2013

Golden Boy

This spring has been a marvelous one for wildly creative authors and their unusual creations. The trend continues with Abigail Tarttelin’s debut novel, Golden Boy, and its tender protagonist, Max. Max ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Atria Books, book clubs, coming-of-age, contemporary life, literary

The Interestings

April 10, 2013

The Interestings

  At a summer camp called Spirit-in-the-Woods, a group of six teens is brought together. For five it is a return to a paradise they’ve known in past summers but for Julie Jacobson, a scholarship ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, literary, Manhattan, marriage, Riverhead Books

Y: A Novel by Marjorie Celona

January 16, 2013

Y: A Novel

In my head, late at night, I draft letters to my mother and my father. I say everything I want to say, everything that needs to be said. In my head I am so eloquent.  Abandoned on the steps of a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, contemporary life, debut, Free Press

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