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The Private Life of Mrs. Sharma

December 19, 2016

private life

  Often the first person narrative is used by an author to create doubt in the mind of the reader. Ratika Kapur does the opposite in her novel, The Private Life of Mrs. Sharma, with a narrator ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, book clubs, contemporary life, cultural, India, marriage

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

Ignorance

February 27, 2013

Ignorance

In a small Catholic village in Occupied France, Jeanne and Marie-Angèle attend the local convent school.  From the beginning they are distinctly different girls from their backgrounds to their current ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, France, historical fiction, WWII

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