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Flying Shoes: A Novel

June 30, 2014

flying shoes

In spite of the rest of the world’s perception, small southern towns knew how to tolerate difference. There was always an old queer or old lesbian couple, or a Boo Radley in town. You just had to not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, debut, family, mystery

The Bone Season

August 30, 2013

Boene Season

  The last time I read a YA book, I was a young adult. OK, not true, I read Hunger Games, but who didn’t? I saw The Bone Season at Book Expo America and thought I’d give it a try, partly because ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, debut, dystopia, fantasy, London, science fiction, young adult

The Night Rainbow

April 8, 2013

The Night Rainbow

Pea is a lonely 5-year-old girl living on a farm near a small village in France. Her father died recently and her pregnant mother is overwhelmed by grief, leaving Pea and her little sister, Margot, to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, book clubs, cultural, debut, literary

Little Known Facts

March 4, 2013

Little Known Facts

Christine Sneed’s Little Known Facts stars Renn Ivins, a mega-watt Hollywood star. As he enters his early fifties he’s had two wives, has two adult children, more acting awards than he can count, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, Hollywood

Ru: A Novel

December 28, 2012

ru

The Communist takeover of Saigon forces Nguyễn An Tinh and her family to leave behind their luxurious life and escape to a refugee camp in Malaysia. From there the family immigrates to Canada and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, book clubs, cultural, debut, literary, Vietnam

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