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The Trees by Percival Everett

Catherine — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:15:21 +0000

Percival Everett’s novel The Trees is a dark and darkly humorous look deep into the foul, blood-clogged engine of racism. Set in a small Mississippi town locked in the 1950s, the death of two good ole boys has left residents stunned. Not because they were particularly liked (they were not), but because the crimes are […]

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She Would Be King

Catherine — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:54:06 +0000

An unlikely trio comes together in the fight for a new nation in She Would Be King, Wayétu Moore’s debut novel about Liberia. There is 18-year-old Gbessa, exiled from her small West African village as a witch, who survives the bite of a poisonous snake. June Dey is a 15-year-old Virginian slave, who kills two […]

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August Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:01:30 +0000

Where did this summer go?! I’m pretty sure I lost the month of July completely. August was a bit better and for my reading as well. I had three books I absolutely loved, but did struggle with finding the right blend of reading. I had a streak of intense, timely novels that mirrored reality too […]

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Tumbledown: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 07:29:35 +0000

Tumbledown by Robert Boswell largely takes place at the Onyx Springs Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Center, a residential facility where James Candler is a counselor. Through the novel we meet the individual patients James works with, the other counselors, his boss, his sister and his best friend. The novel is an ensemble piece of fiction in […]

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Woke Up Lonely: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 07:16:35 +0000

Many people have experienced loneliness in their life but for Thurlow Dan it was a call to organize a movement. The Helix is his solution to the isolated insulated lives we live—a reach-out-and-connect-with-someone group with no ideology beyond sharing and human interaction. Unfortunately, it is this lack of forethought that has landed Thurlow in some […]

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On Sal Mal Lane

Catherine — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:10:16 +0000

Where does one begin with Ru Freeman’s On Sal Mal Lane? On the surface it is the story of the Herath family and their lives in their new home on Sal Mal Lane. They are a traditional Sinhalese family, with a mother whose beliefs on what is right and proper leave her children little room […]

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Woke Up Lonely by Fiona Maazel

Catherine — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:02:37 +0000

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