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Mothers’ Week: Mother Country

May 10, 2019

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Nadia’s life is not an easy one. She works not one, but two jobs—as a home attendant for an elderly man and as a nanny for a little girl. It’s necessary because she lives in Brooklyn while her ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, cultural, politics, Russia, social issues, Thomas Dunne Books, women

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

August 15, 2016

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Sometimes there are great books that are almost impossible to review. An example is A Little Life—a novel of abuse that, while it was brilliant, was not for everyone. But, what was not difficult about ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, contemporary life, literary, Thomas Dunne Books

Books about Books: Mini-Reviews

May 8, 2015

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Every reader has a soft spot, a genre or author or both that they gravitate towards without their usual scrutiny. Some people will read any book about dogs, others will grab anything written by John ... Read More...

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Bitter Greens

September 26, 2014

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  Charlotte-Rose de la Force is a most unfortunate woman for her times. Unmarried and subject to whims of Louis XIV she has provoked his ire once too often with her acerbic writings about the Church ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: fairy tales, historical fiction, Thomas Dunne Books

A Paris Apartment

April 18, 2014

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  Apparently, this is the week for Paris, as it is once again on my reading list as the subject of a new novel. And, again, it is based in fact. A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable takes the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, historical fiction, Paris, Thomas Dunne Books

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