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Love & Saffron: A Novel

February 7, 2022

saffron

Seattle and Los Angeles, same coast but vastly different places, especially in the 1960s. Imogene Fortier writes a column known to readers in the Pacific Northwest so is surprised to not only get a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1960s, book clubs, friendship, historical fiction, women

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

June 21, 2021

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There are many types of satisfaction to be found in reading. One is the excitement of a new voice, a compelling story. But just as good (and sometimes better) is the quiet joy of opening a book and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1960s, historical fiction, India, vacation reading, women

Utopia Avenue: A Novel by David Mitchell

July 22, 2020

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‘Utopia’ means ‘no place.’ An avenue is a place. So is music. When we’re playing well, I’m here, but elsewhere, too. That’s the paradox. Utopia is unattainable. Avenues are everywhere. Derek, Elf, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1960s, historical fiction, literary, London, pop culture

Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen

May 1, 2019

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When I was a pre-teen and even into my early teen years I would go to the local library and, using ‘safe’ magazines like National Geographic as covers, slip issues of the completely unsafe and utterly ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1960s, Berkley, book clubs, historical fiction, New York City, pop culture, women

Cruel Beautiful World

October 26, 2016

cruel beautiful

  Sometimes a book’s marketing can end up working against it. I found this to be the case with Caroline Leavitt’s Cruel Beautiful World. The synopsis and various blurbs referenced the Manson ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1960s, Algonquin Books, coming-of-age, family, literary

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