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Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek

August 9, 2019

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Ellie’s life has never been what you’d call normal. Her mother is unusually high strung, enough so that having people over to the house or going out as a family is not feasible. But her father is the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, childhood, coming-of-age, debut, literary, Southern life

The Van Apfel Girls are Gone

June 26, 2019

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I’ve recently learned something about my reading taste—which is kind of awesome after seven years of writing reviews. Here it is: I enjoy ambiguity but not in anything purported to have a mystery ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, Australia, childhood, family, mystery

A People’s History of Heaven

March 18, 2019

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It’s funny, being a girl. That thing that’s supposed to push you down, defeat you, shove you back, back, and further back still? Turn it the right way, and it’ll push you forward instead. A ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, book clubs, coming-of-age, contemporary life, cultural, friendship, India

Sugar Run by Mesha Maren

February 11, 2019

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Jodi has dealt with feeling unwanted and out of place for most of her life. As a little girl her parents decided she was best off being raised by her grandmother on a remote farm in the Appalachians ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, debut, literary, social issues, Southern life, women

The Current by Tim Johnston

January 23, 2019

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What begins as a novel about a car going into a frigid river and only one of the occupants making it out alive turns into a multi-layered story about a small Minnesota town and how the past doesn’t ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, literary, suspense

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